TELEGNOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telegnosis mean? 

• TELEGNOSIS (noun)
  The noun TELEGNOSIS has 1 sense:

1. apparent knowledge of distant events without using sensory perceptions

  Familiarity information: TELEGNOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEGNOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apparent knowledge of distant events without using sensory perceptions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("telegnosis" is a kind of...):

anomalous communication; psychic communication; psychical communication (communication by paranormal means)

Derivation:

telegnostic (obtaining knowledge of distant events allegedly without use of normal sensory mechanisms)