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psychokinesis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌsaɪkoʊkɪˈnisɪs/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪkəʊkɪˈniːsɪs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY2 K OW0 K AH0 N IY1 S AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The movement of physical systems and objects by the use of psychic power. Abbreviated as PK.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: telekinesis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon, parapsychology

History

Etymology

From psycho- + -kinesis.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: telekinesia — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Basque: psikokinesia — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Bulgarian: телекинеза (telekineza) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Chinese: 念力 (niànlì) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Chinese Mandarin: 念力 (niànlì) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心靈致動 /心灵致动 (xīnlíngzhìdòng) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心靈遙感 /心灵遥感 (xīnlíngyáogǎn) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Czech: telekineze — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Danish: psykokinese — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Danish: telekinese — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Dutch: telekinese — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Estonian: telekinees — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Finnish: psykokinesia — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Finnish: telekinesia — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • French: psychokinèse — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • French: psychokinésie — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • French: télékinésie — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • German: Psychokinese — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • German: Telekinese — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Greek: τηλεκίνηση (tilekínisi) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Greek: τηλεκινησία (tilekinisía) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Greek: ψυχοκίνηση (psychokínisi) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Hebrew: טלקינזיס — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Italian: psicocinesi — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Italian: telecinesi — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Japanese: 念力 (nenriki) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Korean: 정신감응 (jeongsin'gameung) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Macedonian: психокинеза (psihokineza) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Macedonian: телекинеза (telekineza) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Polish: psychokineza — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Portuguese: telecinésia — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Romanian: telechinezie — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Russian: телекине́з (telekinéz) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Russian: психокине́з (psixokinéz) — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Serbo-Croatian: telekineza — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Serbo-Croatian: телекинеза — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Slovak: psychokinéza — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Slovak: telekinéza — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Spanish: psicoquinesia — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Spanish: psicokinesia — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Swedish: telekinesi — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power
  • Turkish: telekinezi — movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power