telepathy

Psychic mind link

Telepathy is the supposed transmission of thoughts or feelings between minds without using speech, writing, or other normal means of communication.

The concept belongs to parapsychology and science fiction rather than established science: The twins seemed to communicate by telepathy.

Informally, it describes uncanny mutual understanding: After twenty years of marriage, they practically have telepathy.

psychic

clairvoyance

Extrasensory perception ability

ESP · mind-reading · mentalism · remote viewing · psychometry · psi · parapsychology · second sight · Zener cards · Rhine

occult

séance

Spirit communication ritual

oracle · divination · psychic reading · aura · third eye · chakra · mysticism · metaphysical · supernatural · paranormal

scientific

neuroscience

Study of nervous systems

EEG · brain imaging · quantum entanglement · anomalous cognition · skepticism · debunking · placebo · pseudoscience · empirical · replication

communication

silent communication

Exchanging meaning without speech

rapport · sending · receiving · neural link · communion

twin

twin connection

Closeness between birth-mates

premonition · maternal instinct · loved ones · family bond · kindred spirits

fictional

Professor X

Jean Grey · Psylocke · Eleven · hive mind · mental powers · sci-fi · mutant · superpower · X-Men · mind control

empathic

feeling

Sensed inner state

emotional bond · felt sense · vicarious · mirroring · resonance

Categories
Opposites
communication method

telepathyverbal communication

Exchange through spoken language

speech · spoken language · written communication · writing · body language

epistemological access

telepathyinference

Conclusion reached through reasoning

guesswork · deduction · observation · interpretation · empathy

ontological status

telepathyempirical observation

Facts gathered through senses

physical reality · sensory perception · natural processes

Phrases
Family

telepathic, telepath, telepaths, telepathically

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G