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单词 metapsychosis
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metapsychosisn.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəsʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˌsaɪˈkoʊsəs/
Inflections: Plural metapsychoses.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: meta- prefix, Greek ψύχωσις.
Etymology: < meta- prefix + Hellenistic Greek ψύχωσις animating principle (see psychosis n.).
Now rare.
The supposed psychic action of one mind on another.
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the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > psychic action or affinity
affinity1847
metapsychosis1885
tele1934
1885 Proc. Soc. Psychical Res. 3 422 It would be a grave retardation of science were it assumed that this strange metapsychosis was a medical curiosity alone.
1902 J. M. Baldwin Dict. Philos. & Psychol. II. 668/2 The term metapsychosis has been suggested to designate mental stata especially of the percipient under telepathic conditions.
1945 C. Williams All Hallows' Eve vii. 112 The terrible metapsychosis gnawed at him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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