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telempathy

telempathy noun: the paranormal ability to sense the emotions of others; empathy.

Noun

telempathy (uncountable)

  1. The paranormal ability to sense the emotions of others; empathy.
    • "Telempathy is a skill that so far exists only in legends and rumors," Sue says. "To be able to master it would be something immensely valuable to the Sekhem."2013, C[ynthia] J[aynes] Omololu, Intuition, New York, N.Y. […]: Walker Books, →ISBN, page 213

Origin of telempathy

Blend of telepathy + empathy.

Words formed from telempathy

Questions about telempathy

What does telempathy mean?
Telempathy means the paranormal ability to sense the emotions of others; empathy.
What part of speech is telempathy?
Telempathy is a noun.

Words near telempathy in the dictionary

  1. telemovie
  2. telemovies
  3. telempath
  4. telempathic
  5. telempaths
  6. telempathy
  7. telencephala
  8. telencephalic
  9. telencephalisation
  10. telencephalization
  11. telencephalon

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