telekinesis

Definition

The ability to move objects with the power of one's mind.

Etymology

From tele- + -kinesis.

Example Sentences

• "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."