mindread

See also: mind-read

English

Etymology

From mind +‎ read.

Verb

mindread (third-person singular simple present mindreads, present participle mindreading, simple past and past participle mindread)

1. To read someone's mind.
   • 1988 June 3, Rose Ann Chasman, “Unacceptable Level of Omissions”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     In contrast, she mindreads with a negative bias--"clearly (sic) he thinks."

   • 2006, Alvin I. Goldman, Simulating Minds‎^[2], →ISBN, page 103:

     A similar point applies to the mindreading of fictional characters, as when one mindreads a character in a novel.

   • 2011, Bob Bodenhamer, I Have a Voice: How to stop stuttering‎^[3], →ISBN:

     The PWS frequently mindreads other people as judging them because they stutter.