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telekinesis

[ tel-i-ki-nee-sis, -kahy- ]

/ ˌtɛl ɪ kɪˈni sɪs, -kaɪ- /

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noun

psychokinesis.

Origin of telekinesis

First recorded in 1885–90; tele-¹ + -kinesis

OTHER WORDS FROM telekinesis

tel·e·ki·net·ic

[tel-i-ki-net-ik, -kahy-] /ˌtɛl ɪ kɪˈnɛt ɪk, -kaɪ-/, adjective

Words nearby telekinesis

telegraphic, telegraphone, telegraphy, telegu, telehealth, telekinesis, telemachus, telemanipulator, telemann, telemark, telemarketing

Example sentences from the Web for telekinetic

As demonstrated in the end-credit sequence, Apocalypse is telekinetic and can use that power down to the molecular level.

X-Men’s Post-Credits Apocalypse Scene Explained |Rich Goldstein |May 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She retaliated by using her telekinetic powers to overturn their party bus.

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From Kimmel and Kanye burying the hatchet to a telekinetic coffee shop surprise, WATCH our countdown.

‘We Can’t Stop’ a Cappella, Coffee Shop Telekinesis & More Viral Videos |Natasha Bach |October 13, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But as the story develops, and Andrew discovers he is telekinetic, he harnesses his new powers to improve his filmmaking.

Michael B. Jordan Talks About ‘Chronicle,’ ‘Red Tails,’ and ‘The Wire’ |Maria Elena Fernandez |February 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

In this way the "medium" became clairvoyant, clairaudient, telekinetic.

The Tyranny of the Dark |Hamlin Garland
The account illustrates automatic utterance as well as other forms of motor automatism, and possibly also telekinetic phenomena.

Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death |Frederick W. H. Myers
Telekinetic movements are more difficult to simulate than levitations of the table with contact.

Metapsychical Phenomena |J. Maxwell
This zomagnetic force with telekinetic effects seems quite plainly a mode of the cosmic energy.

The Unpopular Review Vol. I |Various
It was not so much one thing as many things, all cohering with what I already knew of telekinetic phenomena.

The Shadow World |Hamlin Garland

British Dictionary definitions for telekinetic

telekinesis

/ (ˌtɛlɪkɪˈniːsɪs, -kaɪ-) /

noun

the movement of a body caused by thought or willpower without the application of a physical force

the ability to cause such movement

Derived forms of telekinesis

telekinetic (ˌtɛlɪkɪˈnɛtɪk, -kaɪ-), adjective