esp
Definition
Noun: - Extrasensory perception; the apparent ability to perceive information or events without using the known physical senses. It refers to a claimed psychic phenomenon involving the reception of information not gained through the recognized physical senses but sensed with the mind.
Usage
- ESP is an initialism (a type of abbreviation pronounced as individual letters: E-S-P). It is used as an uncountable noun.
- It is typically used in contexts related to parapsychology, psychic phenomena, and speculative science.
- Example:
Examples
Advanced Usage
- "to have ESP": to possess supposed extrasensory abilities.
- He joked that his mother must have ESP because she always knew when he was in trouble.
- The term is often used informally and metaphorically to describe keen intuition.
- You don't need ESP to see that he's unhappy with the decision.
Variants and Related Words
- Clairvoyance (n): the claimed psychic ability to see events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact; often considered a specific type of ESP.
- Telepathy (n): the claimed psychic phenomenon of direct mind-to-mind communication; a common category within ESP.
- Precognition (n): the claimed psychic ability to see or know about future events before they happen.
- Psi (n): a general term used in parapsychology to cover extrasensory perception and psychokinesis.
Synonyms
- Extrasensory perception (full term)
- Sixth sense
- Psychic ability
Related Phrases
- ESP test: An experiment or trial designed to measure extrasensory perception.
- He participated in an ESP test using Zener cards.
- ESP research: The scientific or pseudoscientific study of extrasensory phenomena.
Noun
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apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
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