释义 |
psychokiˈnetic, a. Also with hyphen. [f. psycho- + kinetic a. (n.)] 1. Of or pertaining to psychokinesis (sense 2).
1904G. S. Hall Adolescence II. xviii. 724 We are now coming to study and utilize every psycho-kinetic equivalent or analogue between the higher and the lower faith. 1948J. G. Bennett Crisis in Human Affairs vii. 133 This we shall call the ‘psycho-static’ view, according to which the psyche, or essential nature of man, is unchangeable... The alternative we shall call the ‘psycho-kinetic’ view, which asserts the possibility of movement or transformation within man's psyche. 2. Of or pertaining to psychokinesis (sense 1).
1943[see PK., Pk. s.v. P II]. 1950Mind LIX. 453 The random number generator will be subject to the psycho-kinetic powers of the interrogator. 1962V. Nabokov Pale Fire 165 Hazel was involved in some appalling ‘psychokinetic’ manifestations. |