cardiognosticism means mystical knowledge of, or the ability to know, a person's heart (thoughts and feelings). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Why “cardiognosticism” is a great word
CARDIOGNOSTICISM — [Noun] The mystical faculty of directly knowing the contents of a person's heart, their innermost thoughts and feelings. From cardiognostic (from the Greek kardia ("heart") and gnōstikos ("knowing")) + the suffix -ism, denoting a practice or system. Unlike telepathy, which implies a mechanistic transmission of thoughts, or empathy, a psychological resonance of feeling, cardiognosticism is a supernatural divination of the spirit's hidden weather. It is the sudden, chill certainty of a lover's secret sorrow across a crowded room, the confessor's silent comprehension before a word is spoken, or the precise weight of a stranger's guilt settling in your own chest—a knowledge that annihilates the last sanctuary, the interior.
Etymology
From cardiognostic + -ism.
noun
- Mystical knowledge of, or the ability to know, a person's heart (thoughts and feelings).“For quotations using this term, see Citations:cardiognosticism.”