relating to or involving psychic or paranormal phenomena or powers; having psychic ability; cf. psi n., psionics n.
The psionic translators rendered his name as Bowman, but its original clicking consonants were unpronounceable.
The man spoke a harsh-sounding tongue he had never heard before, but the psionic translator, a tiny device no more conspicuous than the native’s hearing aid, brought the meaning to him instantly.
The bright psionic labels looked blank at first, but they came to shining life under the eyes of the children, responding to the thoughts of each.
Like Seb he, too, was undoubtedly slightly psionic.
The Church teaches that the psionic powers are one of Satan’s traps.
Have psionic talents been bred into the human line?
He had about as much psionic sensitivity as a potato.
There had been a time…when the lighting of a candle would have left me too weak even for psionic communication.
His psionic impulses exploded dangerously into her consciousness.
As a result of losing the mind rules, his psionic rating has increased.
I suppose, from what Nasiha tries to teach me and from what I’ve read of the mindships, that’s how the Sadiri mind works. You extend your awareness of yourself beyond the boundaries of your physical body. It’s generally a benign psionic influence—case in point, when you took over the parts of my body that were not under my conscious control and helped me to heal faster.
antedating 1951
J. Williamson 'Man from Outside'
Earliest cite in the OED2: 1952; OED Online now updated to the 1951 Williamson example.
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