psychokiˈnetic, a.
Also with hyphen.
[f. psycho- + kinetic a. (n.)]
1. Of or pertaining to psychokinesis (sense 2).
| 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. 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. |
2. Of or pertaining to psychokinesis (sense 1).
| 1943 [see PK., Pk. s.v. P II]. 1950 Mind LIX. 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. |