Pyrokinesis

The term is derived from ancient Greek. πῦρ fire and κίνησις, a movement of the English. pyrokinesis. He appeared in parapsychology and is the ability to cause a fire or a significant increase in temperature at a distance by thought, and the ability by the power of thought to control the fire.

People capable of pyrokinesis, called pyrokinetics. The term was coined by Stephen king and put into circulation in his novel "Firestarter". Although the idea is found and to work for the king, he was the first who used the word. It was conceived as the analogue of the term telekinesis, although the rules of forming compound words based on the Greek language should have been retained, the prefix "tele" meaning "distance" and not the suffix "-Kinesis" (movement). Critic S. T. Joshi called it a word "a very bad invention".

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