reading minds
Knowing others' thoughts
Reading minds is an informal way of talking about the supposed ability to perceive the thoughts of another person without any communication from them.
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- telepathyDirect mental communication
- precognitionParanormal future awareness
- clairvoyanceExtrasensory perception ability
- crystal ballFortune-teller's viewing sphere
extrasensory · psi · nonverbal communication · mentalism · brain imaging · thought experiment · intuition · emotional intelligence · mental powers · mental telepathy · sixth sense · remote sensing · fortune telling · paranormal phenomena · rapport building · psychic abilities · active listening · gut feeling
- impossibilitiessquare circle, squared circle, perpetual motion, dividing by zero, logical paradox
reading mindsspeaking one's mind
Expressing honest opinions openly
open communication · confiding · laying cards on the table · transparency · self-revelation
reading mindsinscrutability
Impossible to understand
keeping secrets · poker face · keeping one's own counsel · thought suppression · stonewalling
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