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extrasensory perception
noun
: the ability to know things (such as what another person is thinking or what will happen in the future) that cannot be known by normal use of the senses
Full Definition of EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION
: perception (as in telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition) that involves awareness of information about events external to the self not gained through the senses and not deducible from previous experience —called also ESP
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First Known Use of EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION
1934
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- clairvoyance, second sight, sixth sense
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extrasensory perception
noun
Medical Definition of EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION
: perception (as in telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition) that involves awareness of information about events external to the self not gained through the senses and not deducible from previous experience—called also ESP
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