Meanings
plural telekinesists
- A person who purportedly moves or manipulates objects using telekinesis—i.e., by mental power without physical contact.
He’s a Telekinesist from Tellus, called Aaron.
2024 July 11, Ray McCarthy, The Mission's Talent, Corvids Press, page 862 more examples
This subtext of the Force, as a type of energy that can be tapped into, has attracted many enthusiastic consumers of the Star Wars mythos. By obeying it, one is able to predict events, control gravity, be a telekinesist, influence peoples minds…
2005, Adam Possamai, Religion and Popular Culture: A Hyper-real Testament, P.I.E.-Peter Lang, page 86Yet nobody tries to move their arm, or wills it to move in the way in which the would-be telekinesist wills that the matchbox moves.
2015 February 17, Constantine Sandis, Jonathan Dancy, editors, Philosophy of Action: An Anthology, Wiley, page 66
Origin
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