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Mindreading

Description:

Mindreading refers to the ability to discern the thoughts, feelings, or intentions of others without any communication or explicit cues. It involves the process of understanding someone's mental state or transferring one's thoughts to another person without verbal or written expression.

Parts of Speech:

  • Noun
  • Verb

Senses:

Noun:

1. The act or process of telepathically perceiving someone's thoughts or emotions.

2. In entertainment, an illusion or trick performed to create the illusion of reading someone's mind.

3. Informal term for the ability to accurately anticipate someone's thoughts or intentions based on one's knowledge of them.

Verb:

1. The act of attempting to telepathically perceive or communicate someone's thoughts.

2. To accurately predict or guess someone's thoughts or intentions based on observation or understanding.

Popular Usages:

- He claimed to have mindreading abilities and could accurately describe what people were thinking.

- The magician amazed the audience with his mindreading trick where he correctly guessed the chosen card.

Local Usages:

- In the local cultural festival, there will be a mindreading competition where participants will showcase their telepathic abilities.

- The small town has its own famous mindreader who has become a local legend for accurately predicting events and intentions of the residents.

Sample Sentences:

Noun:

  1. The psychic claimed to possess true mindreading abilities.
  2. The mentalist performed an astonishing mindreading act on stage.
  3. Some people believe mindreading is only possible in science fiction.

Verb:

  1. She tried mindreading her friend's emotions but couldn't accurately gauge their state of mind.
  2. He is known for his uncanny talent to mindread people's intentions and motivations.
  3. The detective used his skills to mindread the suspect's alibi and exposed the lie.

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