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psionics

psionics noun: mental powers, especially those under conscious control, that affect physical matter, such as telekinesis.

Noun

psionics (uncountable)

  1. Mental powers, especially those under conscious control, that affect physical matter, such as telekinesis.
    • In any case, psionics appears quite legitimately in science fiction.1976, Reginald Bretnor, The Craft of Science Fiction
    • In the 1960s, Campbell abandoned his public obsessions with psionics and pseudo-science.1998, Gary Westfahl, The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction

Origin of psionics

From psi (“psychic energy”) + -onics.

Words that rhyme with psionics

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Questions about psionics

What does psionics mean?
Psionics means mental powers, especially those under conscious control, that affect physical matter, such as telekinesis.
What part of speech is psionics?
Psionics is a noun.

Words near psionics in the dictionary

  1. psion
  2. psionic
  3. psionically
  4. psionicist
  5. psionicists
  6. psionics
  7. psions
  8. PSIR
  9. PSIRs
  10. psis
  11. PSISes

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