Definition of "psychokinesis" []

• The production or control of motion, especially in inanimate and remote objects, purportedly by the exercise of psychic powers. (noun)

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• "For example, the physicists snookered by magicians (e.g. Uri Gellar) into believing in psychokinesis."
• "1914 American author Henry Holy came up with the term "psychokinesis," although at the time they meant the same thing."
• "And for all of you who think Matthew C is a rigorously rational-minded fellow, on his blog he praises a man for making the following statement: "... the evidence for catastrophic global warming in the near future is far, far less compelling than the evidence for telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, and even life after death.""