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Jun. 06, 2015
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telesthesia Audio Pronunciation
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\tuhl-uhs-THEE-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh\
noun
1. sensation or perception received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognized sense organs.
Quotes
People might think it was about necromancy or telesthesia or something.
-- Stephen Dixon, "The Play," The Play and Other Stories, 1988
Origin
Telethesia entered English in the late 1880s and stems from the Greek têle meaning "far" and aísthēsis meaning "sensation, perception."
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