What is another word for extrasensory perception?

Pronunciation: [ˈɛkstɹəzənsəɹˌi pəsˈɛpʃən] (IPA)

Extrasensory perception (ESP), also known as sixth sense, is the ability to perceive information through means other than the five senses. There are numerous synonyms for extrasensory perception, including clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, psychokinesis, and intuition. Clairvoyance involves the ability to visualize things beyond the range of the normal senses. Telepathy, on the other hand, is the ability to communicate with another person without any physical means. Precognition refers to the ability to perceive future events before they happen. Psychokinesis involves the ability to move or change something using the power of the mind. Finally, intuition is the ability to sense information beyond the realm of conscious awareness. All of these terms describe different types of extrasensory perception and are often used interchangeably.

What are the hypernyms for Extrasensory perception?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Extrasensory perception

  • Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.
    Alexis Carrel
  • Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.
    Alexis Carrel
  • The weakness of the attack lies in its lack of discrimination. It is possible that psychic surgery is a hoax, that plants cannot really read our minds, that Kirlian photography (photographing the "life-aura" of living creatures) may depend on some simple electrical phenomenon. But to lump all of these together as if they were all on the same level of improbability shows a certain lack of discernment. The same applies to the list of "hoaxes." Rhine's careful research into extrasensory perception at Duke University is generally conceded to be serious and sincere, even by people who think his test conditions were too loose. The famous fairy photographs are quite probably a hoax, but no one has ever produced an atom of proof either way, and until someone does, no one can be quite as confident as the editors of seem to be. And Ted Serios has never at any time been exposed as a fraud — although obviously he might be. We see here a phenomena that we shall encounter again in relation to Geller: that when a scientist or a "rationalist" sets himself up as the defender of reason, he often treats logic with a disrespect that makes one wonder what side he is on.
    Colin Wilson

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