Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5486221-20130515033231/@comment-8505655-20130518032850

Actually, the word kinesis refers to motion. (This is where we get Kinecelerans and their homeworld, Kinet.)  Hence, telekinesis is distant mostion, which is often taken togther with psychokinesis, motion by power of the mind. An early addition to this is pyrokinesis, which is less about motion and more about the mind, being a sort of psychic power, but has a certain resemblance to the likes of telekinesis. The rest follow suit, but the kinesis is really a bit of a misnomer.

What about some light-based powers (lasers, holograms, blinding rays)? That would be, by our naming system, photokinesis. Or alternatively, something shadow-based, which would be umbrakinesis?