pseudo-telepathy etymology

English word pseudo-telepathy comes from English pseudo- (False, not genuine, fake.), English telepathy

Detailed word origin of pseudo-telepathy

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
pseudo- English (eng) False, not genuine, fake.
telepathy English (eng) (parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.
pseudo-telepathy English (eng) A phenomenon in quantum game theory resulting in anomalously high success rates in coordination games between separated players, without the need for communication during the game, and based on the prior sharing of a physical system in an entangled quantum state.

Words with the same origin as pseudo-telepathy

Descendants of pseudo-
polypseudorotaxane pseudo pseudoallergic pseudobranchial pseudocompact pseudoconcave pseudoconvex pseudodementia pseudodiffusion pseudodiscipline pseudoenvironmentalist pseudofruit pseudogenome pseudoholomorphic pseudohyponatremia pseudolithiasis pseudomerohedry pseudomusical pseudoradical pseudoresponse pseudoreversible pseudoriparian pseudoseasonal pseudowire pseudoxanthoma
Descendants of telepathy
telepath telepathetic telepathic