psychokineticadj.

1904 G. 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.

1920 H. L. Eno Activism vi. 79 The specific activity of these psychokinetic complexes shall be essentially something more than..the mere sum of the activities of their constituent psychons.

1948 J. 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.

1914 H. Holt On Cosmic Relations I. xi. 172 The table..began to turn, sometimes in one direction and sometimes in another... This of course points to the involuntary exercise on the table of human force, either muscular or psycho-kinetic.

1943 L. E. Rhine & J. B. Rhine in Jrnl. Parapsychol. 7 20 This is the first of a long series of research reports describing experiments on what is called the ‘psychokinetic’ or ‘PK’ effect.

1950 Mind 59 453 The random number generator will be subject to the psycho-kinetic powers of the interrogator.

1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire 165 Hazel was involved in some appalling ‘psychokinetic’ manifestations.

1993 N.Y. Times 7 Nov. viii. 9/4 Eight heads out of 10, and four in a row! Was I exercising some psychokinetic control over my quarters?