macrokinesis

English

Etymology

From macro- +‎ -kinesis.

Noun

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

Related terms

• microkinesis
• psychokinesis
• telekinesis
• thermokinesis
• macrokinetic