psychic powers
Supernatural mental abilities
Psychic powers are supposed abilities of the mind that transcend normal perception—telepathy, clairvoyance, telekinesis, precognition.
The term belongs to paranormal and supernatural discourse; mainstream science considers such powers undemonstrated.
She claimed to have psychic powers that let her communicate with the dead.
In fiction, characters with psychic powers can read minds or move objects without touching them.
- telekinesisMental object manipulation
- spoon bendingPurported psychic cutlery deformation
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- mental telepathyPerceiving another's thoughts directly
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
psychometry · clairvoyance · astral projection · out of body · mind control · sixth sense · Zener cards · remote viewing · scrying · mediumship · ESP · tarot reading · aura reading · magic · energy absorption · extrasensory perception · hypnosis · fortune teller
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- superpowerstelekinesis, telepathy, superpower, invisibility, flight
- mystic powersclairvoyance, third eye, telepathy, remote viewing, ESP
- New Agecrystals, auras, reiki, tarot, astrology
- pseudosciencehomeopathy, astrology, phrenology, numerology, palmistry
- psychic phenomenatelepathy, clairvoyance, ESP, precognition, extrasensory
psychic powersscientific reasoning
Methodical analysis from evidence
rational thought · sensory perception · scientific knowledge · common sense
psychic powersempirical observation
Facts gathered through senses
sensory perception · scientific method · logical reasoning · direct observation · deductive reasoning
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