telekinesis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌtɛləkɪˈniːsɪs/
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Etymology
From tele- + -kinesis.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The ability to move objects, or otherwise interact with physical systems and other phenomena, through the power of one's mind.
Perhaps the most famous demonstrations of telekinesis came in the 1970s when a young psychic from Russia named Uri Geller came to prominence for his ability to bend spoons and other metal objects without any physical contact.
2002, Rita Berkowtiz with Deborah S. Romaine, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Communicating with Spirits, page 187: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.
1899, Thomson Jay Hudson, The Divine Pedigree of Man, page 154:He leant tensely against the corridor wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis.
1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 61:'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.
1988, Robert Salvatore, The Crystal Shard, page 39: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.
1920, Hereward Carrington, The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism, page 367:And if voice-activated control isn't enough, we could someday use telekinesis to control lights with our thoughts.
2006, Richard Cadena, Automated Lighting, page 434:She regards telekinesis as impossible and claims for it as generally fraudulent. For two years she worked in a university laboratory testing telekinesis,
2000, Fred M. Frohock, Lives of the Psychics: The Shared Worlds of Science and Mysticism, page 29:
- (countable, uncountable) An instance of use of such power.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| telekineses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (24)
sw telekinesi (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · ru телекине́з (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · fi telekinesia (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · ja テレキネシス (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · haw kelekinekika (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · gl telecinesia (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · sv telekinesi (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · eo telekinezo (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · es telequinesia (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · pl telekineza (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · ca telecinesi (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · pt telecinesia (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · es telequinesis (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · cmn 心靈致動 /心灵致动 (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · es telekinesia (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · ka ტელეკინეზი (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · it telecinesi (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · cmn 念力 (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · ja 念力 (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · de Telekinese (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · is fjarhreyfing (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · cmn 心靈遙感 /心灵遥感 (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · fr télékinésie (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts) · es telekinesis (ability to move objects with the power of one's thoughts)