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extrasensory perception

/ˌˈɛkstrəˌsɛnsəri pərˌsɛpʃən/
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Definitions of extrasensory perception
  1. noun
    apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
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    types:
    foreknowledge, precognition
    knowledge of an event before it occurs
    type of:
    parapsychology, psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon
    phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes
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