mind meld
English
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Etymology
[edit]From the Star Trek franchise, where the term was first used in 1966 for a telepathic ability possessed by the alien race of Vulcans to share thoughts and feelings with another individual.
Noun
[edit]- (colloquial) A state of deep compatibility in opinion or plans between two people.
- 2018, Didier Ndongala Mumbata, Barack Obama, The Political Phenomenon, Paragon Publishing, →ISBN, page 134:
- By this point, Axelrod's mind meld with Obama was so complete that the two men barely needed to speak.
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mind-meld, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.