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thought transference

thought transference noun: the supposed ability to transmit thoughts, images, or mental states directly from one mind to another without any known sensory channel.

Noun

thought transference (uncountable)

  1. The supposed ability to transmit thoughts, images, or mental states directly from one mind to another without any known sensory channel.
    • This time they got into print, all right. But the much-handled stories, written up with that blend of cautiously defensive frivolity which the press habitually employed to cover themselves in matters regarding sea-serpents, elementals, thought-transference, and other irregular phenomena, prevented...1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 39
    • How can one explain to someone who hasn't lived close to the secret heart of the tropics, at the mercy of their anger and stealth and poison; who hasn't experienced the mystery of the drums, seen the quick workings of magic and the mortal dread it inspires? What can he know of catalepsy, and...1954, Ian Fleming, “Allumeuse”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 108

thought transference meaning in Tamil

thought transference in Tamil

தன் எண்ணங்களை உணர்த்தல்

Questions about thought transference

What does thought transference mean?
Thought transference means the supposed ability to transmit thoughts, images, or mental states directly from one mind to another without any known sensory channel.
What is thought transference in Tamil?
Thought transference in Tamil is தன் எண்ணங்களை உணர்த்தல். See Thought transference meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thought transference?
Thought transference is a noun.

Words near thought transference in the dictionary

  1. thought the sun shone out of someone's backside
  2. thought the sun shone out of someone's butt
  3. thought the world of
  4. thought the world revolved around one
  5. thought through
  6. thought transference
  7. thought twice
  8. thought up
  9. thought wave
  10. thought waves
  11. thought with one's dick

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