psionics

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒnɪks

Noun

psionics (uncountable)

1. (science fiction) Mental powers, especially those under conscious control, that affect physical matter, such as telekinesis.
   • 1976, Reginald Bretnor, The Craft of Science Fiction:

     In any case, psionics appears quite legitimately in science fiction.

   • 1998, Gary Westfahl, The Mechanics of Wonder: The Creation of the Idea of Science Fiction:

     In the 1960s, Campbell abandoned his public obsessions with psionics and pseudo-science.