mind reading

NOUN

sensing of others' thoughts

Synonyms

WEAK

mental telepathy telepathic transmission telepathy thought transference

Example Sentences

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Jones continues that she had a message from James Thornton, Joanna Page's husband a few days earlier as he had a script idea and asked if she would mind reading it.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

“And I’m more the mind reading and feeling and sensing things, which I think is a female thing too.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

But even if this approach works, the prospect of combining mind reading and machine learning to predict hit songs remains fraught with ethical dilemmas.

From Scientific American • Jun. 30, 2023

It translates the communication between neurons into squiggly lines, which can tell us something about what's happening inside someone's skull — although it's also quite limited technology and not even close to mind reading.

From Salon • May 3, 2023

I’m the one who egged the two of them on with my mind reading.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila