the movement of a body caused by thought or willpower without the application of a physical force
2.
the ability to cause such movement
Derived forms
telekinetic (ˌtɛlɪkɪˈnɛtɪk, -kaɪ-)
adjective
telekinesis in American English
(ˌtɛləkɪˈnisɪs)
noun
Parapsychology
the act or process of causing an object to move by means of psychic forces, as directed by a spiritualistic medium, and not by means of any physical force
Derived forms
telekinetic (ˌtelekiˈnetic) (ˌtɛləkɪˈnɛtɪk)
adjective
Word origin
ModL < tele-, tele- + Gr kinēsis, motion < kinein, to move: see cite
Examples of 'telekinesis' in a sentence
telekinesis
Perhaps it was telepathy or telekinesis or one of those strange things they investigated at Duke University in 1946.
Butler, Gwendoline COFFIN ON THE WATER (2002)
"It's used in magic training for focusing the mind to do basic telekinesis.