farfeeling

English

Alternative forms

  • far-feeling

Etymology

From far +‎ feeling. Calque of Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”) + πάθος (páthos, “suffering, strong feeling”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːfiːlɪŋ/

Noun

farfeeling (usually uncountable, plural farfeelings)

  1. (parapsychology, science fiction, fantasy, puristic) Telepathy.
    • 1891, Paul Carus, The Monist, volume 1, page 85:
      With many it denotes a process of such far-feeling as is not caused in the natural way and as stands in contradiction to the mechanical interconnection of causes and effects in the universe.
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