English Explanatory Dictionary

Indigo child

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A child believed to be the next stage of human evolution; believed to have paranormal abilities like telepathy, or to be more empathic, independent, and creative than their peers.

Word forms

Indigo child Indigo children

Etymology

Coined in the 1970s by Nancy Ann Tappe, a synaesthete who claimed to perceive most children under the age of ten with an indigo aura.

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