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Definition of "extrasensory" [extrasensory]

  • Being outside the normal range or bounds of the senses. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "extrasensory" in a sentence
  • "The extrasensory eye of deep awareness (ye-shes-kyi spyan), also known as the extrasensory eye of a Buddha (sangs-rgyas-kyi spyan) – omniscient awareness to “see” the two truths about all phenomena – their present appearance and their natural purity."
  • "The application of plethysmography to the objective study of so-called extrasensory perception, Journal of the Society for PsychicalResearch, 40, 162-172."
  • "I assume that the reader is familiar with the idea of extrasensory perception, and the meaning of the four items of it, viz., telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and psychokine-sis."