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far-feeling

/ˈfɑːfiːlɪŋ/

far-feeling noun: telepathy.

Noun

far-feeling

  1. (dated) Telepathy.
    • But really one could not at the time resist the impression that the writers were amusing themselves at the expense of their readers, in gravely informing them that a brain could act telepathically an hour after the man was dead. Surely this was pushing the far-feeling theory a little too far.1885, College of Psychic Studies (London, England), Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress), London Spiritualist Alliance (contributors), “The Telepathic Theory”, in Light, A Journal Of...
    • With many it denotes a process of such far-feeling as is not caused in the natural way and as stands in contradiction to the mechanical interconnection of causes and effects in the universe.1891, Paul Carus, The Monist, volume 1, page 85

Origin of far-feeling

From far + feeling. Calque of Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering, strong feeling”).

Questions about far-feeling

What does far-feeling mean?
Far-feeling means telepathy.
What part of speech is far-feeling?
Far-feeling is a noun.
How do you pronounce far-feeling?
Far-feeling is pronounced /ˈfɑːfiːlɪŋ/.

Words near far-feeling in the dictionary

  1. far's
  2. far-away
  3. Far-Downer
  4. Far-Downers
  5. far-famed
  6. far-feeling
  7. far-fetched
  8. far-fetchedly
  9. far-fetchedness
  10. far-field
  11. far-flung

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