Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The movement of objects by scientifically inexplicable means, as by the exercise of an occult power.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Movement of or motion in an object, animate or inanimate, produced without contact with the body producing the motion. See the quotation under telekinetic.
Wiktionary
- n. uncountable The ability to move and manipulate an object with the power of one's mind.
- n. An instance of use of such power.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the ability to move objects by means of thought alone, without physical means; -- an ability claimed by certain persons, such as mediums.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force
Etymologies
- From tele- + -kinesis. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Either Sylar's powers are unstoppable, or just the telekinesis is immune to all forms of impedance.”
“There were lots of telepaths around, but only people with a Psi Index of eight or more also had her ability to move things with their mind, which was called telekinesis.”
“It could also cover making the characters about equal power-strength wise (I actually kinda fell into this one in HTSTW since Darren’s relatively weak telekinesis is pretty lousy compared to everyone else’s powers, but then again he gets a major upgrade in TAWNBT …).”
“However, even if they can affect what they can’t see, it’s quite easy to explain any arbitrary limitations by pointing out that telekinesis is a mental power and that their mental state can indeed affect what they’re actually able to do.”
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“For example, Raven has telekinesis, which is fairly versatile.”
“Balthazar is a master sorcerer who has spent most of the last thousand years looking for the right protégé and is an expert at such cool things as gravity inversion spells, which send their victims hurtling through the ceiling, and telekinesis, which is the ability to move far-away objects by mental power alone.”
“The movie "Push," in theaters Feb. 6, is about a group of young Americans with various psychic abilities who team up to use their paranormal powers against a shadowy U.S. government agency tracking them. psychokinesis, also known as telekinesis or, less formally, "mind over matter.”
“Unlike most fantasy magic, which gives the user power over all sorts of activities, this world's magic appears to give each angel skill in only one area, such as telekinesis or precognition.”
“I also like the idea of telekinesis, or even Magneto’s control over metal.”
“We included in the instructions some great tricks that involve what's known as "telekinesis" (moving objects without touching them).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘telekinesis’.
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G[r]eek
A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 346 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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You're a SUPER Hero!
List as many "super" powers as you can think of! Anything that would be called for example "super strength", please remove the first word and list only the second word Thanks!
flight, flying, hovering, strength, invisibility, intelligence, psychic, telekinesis, smell, touch, taste, hearing and 47 more...
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tele-, tel-
of or at a distance; operating over a distance; relating to television; done over the telephone
telemarketing, telekinesis, telemetry, televangelist, telex, telephone, telescope, telescopic, telecast, telegraph, telegraphic, television and 1 more...
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five syllables
ontogenesis, phylogenesis, concatenation, androgenesis, extra textual, inexorably, spagyrically, apophenia, iatrochemist, monocotyloid, morphological, parthenogenic and 941 more...
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kineto-, kinet-, -kinesis
of or relating to movement
kinetoscope, hyperkinesis, kinetics, kinesiology, hyperkinesia, telekinesis, kinesodic, hyperkinetic, kinetograph
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samuraizack's Words
floccinaucinihili..., pneumonoultramicr..., bombastic, existentialistic, velocipede, aglet, anatomical snuffbox, wonk, tang, funambulist, quakebuttock, flews and 390 more...
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Ultrapow
A mighty myriad of Mister Mxyzptlk manifestation. This list leans towards one-word superpowers and occasionally the ridiculous.
Spin-off lists: Ultrafrow - absurd powers, Flossational...telepathy, psychometry, retrocognition, precognition, clairvoyance, mediumship, illusions, mind-control, mindblast, telekinesis, thermokinesis, quantokinesis and 142 more...
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Big Book #2 List
absolution, restitution, contrition, moratorium, nautical, nirvana, pandemonium, perennial, symposium, dialectic, dipsomaniacal, ecumenical and 117 more...
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dienekes's Words
chutzpah, lexicon, intrepid, pedagogical, schlemiel, schism, erudite, anathema, pugilist, jaunty, paradigm, automaton and 949 more...
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Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
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thricedotted's Words
schadenfreude, vanquish, calumny, obsequious, rhapsody, expostulate, promontory, bordello, quintessence, catharsis, recapitulation, myriad and 937 more...
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More Than Human
Beings that look human but are not, and powers that people can have.
succubus, incubus, gynoid, seraphim, clairvoyance, lycanthropy, psychometry, telekinesis, dhampir, jedi, pyrokinesis, esper and 14 more...
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Words that are facinating to say
specificity, intangibility, bibliophile, baba ganoush, bibimbap, telekinesis, macabre, fascinating, ninja, onomatopoeia, mercurial, plentitude and 28 more...
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Heroes
Powers revealed so far on the show Heroes
flying, radiation, clairvoyance, telekinesis, time travel, mimic, mimicking, strength, healing, suggestion, illusion, inhibitor and 5 more...
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She Blinded Me With Pseudoscience
With enough jargon and statistics, hucksters can make you believe anything. He may be wearing a lab coat, but he ain't your friend.
cryptozoology, ufology, power crystals, reflexology, hypnotherapy, perpetual motion ..., chiropractic, the force, telepathy, telekinesis, paranormal invest..., phrenology and 39 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for telekinesis.
uselessness Telekinesis is slower than teleportation. And more painful, if you're being transported from ship to planet. Much, much more painful. Dec 20, 2007
misterpolly Beam me up,Scottie Dec 20, 2007
reesetee That's quite a tongue-twister. ;-) Jul 17, 2007
seanahan Telekinesising? Jul 16, 2007
reesetee Or you could just do what many Wordies do--make one up. ;-) Jul 16, 2007
slumry levitate is sometimes used for a specific form of telekinesis--that is, to lift something in the air by non-physical means. Jul 16, 2007
gerwitz Is there a verb that means "exercising telekinesis"? Jul 16, 2007