psychokinesis

noun

psy·​cho·​ki·​ne·​sis ˌsī-kō-kə-ˈnē-səs 

-kī-

: movement of physical objects by the mind without use of physical means compare precognition, telekinesis

psychokinetic

ˌsī-kō-kə-ˈne-tik 

-kī-

adjective

Examples of psychokinesis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Using engineering to demonstrate psychokinesis Bozinovski, Sestakov, and Bozinovska built a system to send commands to a robot based on EEG signal processing. —IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2023

Area 51 author Annie Jacobsen sees psychokinesis in Phenomena (Little, Brown). —Sloane Crosley, Vanities, 19 Apr. 2017

PK (psychokinesis) experimentation (((Who can’t like THAT?))) – —Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2009

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

psychokinesis

noun

psy·​cho·​ki·​ne·​sis -kə-ˈnē-səs, -kī- 

plural psychokineses -ˌsēz 

: movement of physical objects by the mind without use of physical means

called also PK

compare precognition, telekinesis

psychokinetic

-ˈnet-ik 

adjective