psychokinetic

Mentally manipulating matter

Psychokinetic describes the supposed ability to move or influence physical objects through mental effort alone, without physical contact.

The term appears in parapsychology and science fiction: psychokinetic powers, psychokinetic energy.

Someone with such abilities might bend spoons or levitate objects by thought.

The noun is psychokinesis.

parapsychology

ESP

Paranormal mental faculty

precognition · psychometry · psi · Rhine · anomaly · research · laboratory · experimental · spontaneous · anecdotal

phenomena

levitation

Unsupported aerial suspension

teleportation · table-tipping

practitioners

medium

Middle size or state

energy

chi

Greek letter or energy

  • pranaVital breath energy
  • auraPerceived emanation surrounding someone
  • quantumSmallest discrete unit

entanglement · electromagnetic · zero-point · bioenergy · etheric

mental

concentration

Sustained single-minded attention

visualization · meditation · consciousness · trance · brainwaves

fiction

Carrie

Feminine given name

  • AkiraJapanese given name meaning "bright"
  • ScannersCronenberg film about psychics
  • X-MenMutant superhero collective

Eleven · Matilda · superhero · mutant · psion · Jedi · psionic

Opposites
mechanism of physical action

psychokineticmanual

Written instructions for use

mechanical · physical · hands-on · bodily · motorized

scientific status

psychokineticnormal

Conforming to standard

natural · mundane · ordinary · conventional · empirical

Family

psychic, psyche, kinetic, psychology, psychiatrist, psychotherapy, telekinesis, psychokinesis, telekinetic

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