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E.S.P.

 Dictionary entry overview: What does E.S.P. mean? 

E.S.P. (noun)
  The noun E.S.P. has 1 sense:

1. apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the sensesplay

  Familiarity information: E.S.P. used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


E.S.P. (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

clairvoyance; E.S.P.; ESP; extrasensory perception; second sight

Hypernyms ("E.S.P." is a kind of...):

parapsychology; psychic phenomena; psychic phenomenon (phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "E.S.P."):

foreknowledge; precognition (knowledge of an event before it occurs)


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