noun
1. someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
• Syn: ↑thought-reader, ↑mental telepathist, ↑mind reader
• Derivationally related forms: ↑telepathy
• Hypernyms: ↑communicator
2. a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice)
• Syn: ↑mind reader, ↑thought-reader
• Derivationally related forms: ↑telepathy
• Hypernyms: ↑magician, ↑prestidigitator, ↑conjurer, ↑conjuror, ↑illusionist
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\\tə̇ˈlepəthə̇st\ noun (-s)Etymology: telepathy + -ist
1. : a believer in telepathy
2. : one supposedly having telepathic power
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/teuh lep"euh thist/, n.
1. a student of or believer in telepathy.
2. a person having telepathic power.
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telepˈathist noun
A person who believes in or practises telepathy
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Main Entry: ↑telepathy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.