cryptæsthesia
(ˌkrɪptɪsˈθiːzɪə)
Also cryptesthesia.
[f. Gr. κρυπτ-ός crypto- + αἴσθησις perception + -ia1.]
A supernormal faculty of perception, whether clairvoyant or telepathic.
| 1923 S. De Brath tr. Richet's 30 Yrs. Psychical Res. ii. ii. 64 A single phenomenon which the magnetizers of a past age called ‘lucidity’ or ‘clairvoyance’ (hellsehen); which is now called telepathy... I propose to name it cryptesthesia. 1926 Spectator 9 Oct. 601/2 The dowser..is a person endowed with a subconscious supernormal cryptesthesia. |