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telepathy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /tɛˈlɛp.ə.θi/
  • /təˈlɛp.ə.θi/
  • /ˈtɛl.əˌpæθ.i/
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  • CMU ARPABET: T AH0 L EH1 P AH0 TH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mindreading, thoughtcasting, far-feeling

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thought transference

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: psychic communication, psychical communication, anomalous communication

History

Etymology

From tele- + -pathy.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: telepatia — communication by psychic means
  • Arabic: تَخَاطُر (taḵāṭur) — communication by psychic means
  • Armenian: հեռազգացություն (heṙazgacʻutʻyun) — communication by psychic means
  • Armenian: տելեպաթիա (telepatʻia) — communication by psychic means
  • Asturian: telepatía — communication by psychic means
  • Azerbaijani: telepatiya — communication by psychic means
  • Belarusian: тэлепа́тыя (teljepátyja) — communication by psychic means
  • Bulgarian: телепа́тия (telepátija) — communication by psychic means
  • Burmese: တယ်လီပသီ (tailipa.si) — communication by psychic means
  • Catalan: telepatia — communication by psychic means
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心靈感應 /心灵感应 (xīnlínggǎnyìng) — communication by psychic means
  • Czech: telepatie — communication by psychic means
  • Dutch: telepathie — communication by psychic means
  • Esperanto: telepatio — communication by psychic means
  • Estonian: telepaatia — communication by psychic means
  • Finnish: telepatia — communication by psychic means
  • Finnish: ajatuksensiirto — communication by psychic means
  • French: télépathie — communication by psychic means
  • Galician: telepatía — communication by psychic means
  • Georgian: ტელეპათია (ṭeleṗatia) — communication by psychic means
  • German: Telepathie — communication by psychic means
  • German: Gedankenlesen — communication by psychic means
  • German: Gedankenübertragung — communication by psychic means
  • Greek: τηλεπάθεια (tilepátheia) — communication by psychic means
  • Hebrew: טלפתיה — communication by psychic means
  • Hindi: परचित्तज्ञान (parcittajñān) — communication by psychic means
  • Hindi: मनःपर्यय (manaḥparyay) — communication by psychic means
  • Hindi: दूरबोध (dūrbodh) — communication by psychic means
  • Hindi: दूर-संवेदना (dūr-samvednā) — communication by psychic means
  • Hungarian: telepátia — communication by psychic means
  • Hungarian: gondolatátvitel — communication by psychic means
  • Hungarian: gondolatolvasás — communication by psychic means
  • Indonesian: telepati — communication by psychic means
  • Italian: telepatia — communication by psychic means
  • Japanese: テレパシー (terepashī) — communication by psychic means
  • Khmer: ទូរចិត្ត (too rak chit) — communication by psychic means
  • Khmer: ទូរារម្មណ៍ (too ra rom) — communication by psychic means
  • Korean: 텔레파시 (tellepasi) — communication by psychic means
  • Korean: 정신감응 (jeongsin'gameung) — communication by psychic means
  • Latin: telepathia — communication by psychic means
  • Latvian: telepātija — communication by psychic means
  • Lithuanian: telepatija — communication by psychic means
  • Macedonian: телепатија (telepatija) — communication by psychic means
  • Malayalam: പരഹൃദയജ്ഞാനം (parahr̥dayajñānaṁ) — communication by psychic means
  • Manx: co-inçhynys — communication by psychic means
  • Manx: çhellapattys — communication by psychic means
  • Norwegian: telepati — communication by psychic means
  • Norwegian: tankeoverføring — communication by psychic means
  • Norwegian: tankelesning — communication by psychic means
  • Persian: دورآگاهی (durâgâhi) — communication by psychic means
  • Polish: telepatia — communication by psychic means
  • Portuguese: telepatia — communication by psychic means
  • Quechua: karuñak'ariy — communication by psychic means
  • Romanian: telepatie — communication by psychic means
  • Russian: телепа́тия (telepátija) — communication by psychic means
  • Serbo-Croatian: телепатија — communication by psychic means
  • Serbo-Croatian: telepatija — communication by psychic means
  • Slovak: telepatia — communication by psychic means
  • Slovene: telepatija — communication by psychic means
  • Spanish: telepatía — communication by psychic means
  • Swahili: telepathia — communication by psychic means
  • Swedish: telepati — communication by psychic means
  • Tamil: தொலைவிலுணர்தல் (tolaiviluṇartal) — communication by psychic means
  • Thai: กระแสจิต (grà-săe jìt) — communication by psychic means
  • Thai: การติดต่อกันทางจิต (gaan dtìt dtòr gan taang jìt) — communication by psychic means
  • Thai: โทรจิต (toh-rá-jìt) — communication by psychic means
  • Turkish: telepati — communication by psychic means
  • Ukrainian: телепа́тія (telepátija) — communication by psychic means
  • Vietnamese: thần giao cách cảm — communication by psychic means