psychokinesis

[ sahy-koh-ki-nee-sis, -kahy- ]

noun
  1. the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.

Origin of psychokinesis

1
First recorded in 1910–15; psycho- + -kinesis

Other words from psychokinesis

  • psy·cho·ki·net·ic [sahy-koh-ki-net-ik, -kahy-], /ˌsaɪ koʊ kɪˈnɛt ɪk, -kaɪ-/, adjective

Words Nearby psychokinesis

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How to use psychokinesis in a sentence

  • That is if we assume that the process is at all parallel with the phenomena of psychokinesis and levitation.

    Out Like a Light | Gordon Randall Garrett
  • "You claimed that the human mind possessed powers of psychokinesis," I said.

    Pythias | Frederik Pohl
  • In effect, what appeared to be foreknowledge was psychokinesis—the same phenomenon as the movement of crumbs of cheese by my rat.

    The Leader | William Fitzgerald Jenkins (AKA Murray Leinster)
  • I caught an occasional word, like 'oxygen' and 'psychokinesis.'

    Rebels of the Red Planet | Charles Louis Fontenay

British Dictionary definitions for psychokinesis

psychokinesis

/ (ˌsaɪkəʊkɪˈniːsɪs, -kaɪ-) /


noun
  1. (in parapsychology) alteration of the state of an object by mental influence alone, without any physical intervention

  2. psychiatry a state of violent uncontrolled motor activity

Origin of psychokinesis

1
C20: from psycho- + Greek kinēsis motion

Derived forms of psychokinesis

  • psychokinetic (ˌsaɪkəʊkɪˈnɛtɪk), adjective

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