telekinesis

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17
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11
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/ˌtɛləkɪˈniːsɪs/

Definition of telekinesis

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)The ability to move objects with the power of one's mind.
    “Telekinetic energy, which has been variously designated as psychic force (Sir William Crookes), ectenic force (Professor Thury), and telekinesis (Professor Cowes), is demonstrably a power or faculty of the subjective mind.”
    “And this brings me to a consideration of how the phenomena of telekinesis may conceivably be produced — granting that the phenomena are ever genuine at all.”
    “He leant tensely against the corridor wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis.”
    “'Venison' he declared, mentally lifting the animal through the air toward him without a second thought to the act, though telekinesis was a spell that hadn't been in the considerable repertoire of Morkai the Red.”
    “She regards telekinesis as impossible and claims for it as generally fraudulent. For two years she worked in a university laboratory testing telekinesis,”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)The ability to move objects with the power of one's mind.
    “Telekinetic energy, which has been variously designated as psychic force (Sir William Crookes), ectenic force (Professor Thury), and telekinesis (Professor Cowes), is demonstrably a power or faculty of the subjective mind.”
    “And this brings me to a consideration of how the phenomena of telekinesis may conceivably be produced — granting that the phenomena are ever genuine at all.”
    “He leant tensely against the corridor wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis.”
    “'Venison' he declared, mentally lifting the animal through the air toward him without a second thought to the act, though telekinesis was a spell that hadn't been in the considerable repertoire of Morkai the Red.”
    “She regards telekinesis as impossible and claims for it as generally fraudulent. For two years she worked in a university laboratory testing telekinesis,”
  2. (countable, uncountable)An instance of use of such power.

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Etymology

From tele- + -kinesis.

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