Telaesthesia (noun)
tel-es-thee-see-a
The supposed perception of distant occurrences or objects by means other than the known senses.
Late 19th century: from tele- + Greek aisthēsis ‘perception’.
Example sentences
“I often know when someone is standing behind me but I wasn’t aware this phenomena was known as telaesthesia”
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