telepathy
/tɛˈlɛp.ə.θi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Gerwin Schalk and Anthony Ritaccio, at the Albany Medical Center, are working under a multimillion-dollar grant from the U.S. military to design and develop devices that enable soldiers to communicate telepathically. Although this seems like something out of a science fiction story, the Pentagon believes that these so-called telepathy helmets are sufficiently feasible that it is devoting more than $6 million to the project. The target date for completion of the prototype device is 2017."