Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of discerning or reading another's thoughts by some direct or occult process.
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Examples
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Now these magicians gather in a castle, delight celebrities and groupies with their scarves and coins, and have insane mind-reading capabilities.
Laurenne Sala: The Magic Castle: Ex-Nerds With Birds Laurenne Sala 2011
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Now these magicians gather in a castle, delight celebrities and groupies with their scarves and coins, and have insane mind-reading capabilities.
Laurenne Sala: The Magic Castle: Ex-Nerds With Birds Laurenne Sala 2011
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It also meant that he was back to his old mind-reading tricks.
Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011
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Sometimes it's benevolent, "for our own good" to "save us from ourselves" as in The Day the Earth Stood Still or any number of Isaac Asimov stories featuring omniscient supercomputers or mind-reading robots.
Dr. Philip Neches: Watson, Come Here, We Need You Dr. Philip Neches 2011
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Today he tests the latest electronics, from pocket-sized televisions to mind-reading games.
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So I figured that I had enough of an animal mind-reading résumé to let the pigs know that I was equal to the task of being their worthy opponent, their landlord, and their ultimate queen.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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Everything else is mind-reading, and probably a silly exercise.
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You don't have to be a mind-reading vampire with diamond-encrusted flesh to know who this weekend's box office champion will be.
‘New Moon’ Shatters Records In The Saturday Box Office Report » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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But while mind-reading gets all the glory, other researchers are developing new amazing non-drug methods to control the brain as well.
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So I figured that I had enough of an animal mind-reading résumé to let the pigs know that I was equal to the task of being their worthy opponent, their landlord, and their ultimate queen.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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