macrokinesis

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English

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Etymology

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From macro- +‎ -kinesis.

Noun

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macrokinesis (uncountable)

  1. (fiction, rare) The ability to move objects and affect matter at a large-scale level with the power of one's mind.
    • 2015, Jean Jacques Charbonier, 7 Reasons to Believe in the Afterlife: A Doctor Reviews the Case for Consciousness after Death:
      Parapsychologists, whose thinking is based on spiritualistic work, classify the ensemble of these interactions of spirit on matter with such terms as "macrokinesis" or "telekinesis."
  2. (biology, physiology) The relatively large-scale movement of nutrients around an organism
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