Full record for psionics n.

Definition	(the study of) the paranormal
OED requirements	antedating 1951
Earliest cite	J. Williamson 'The Greatest Invention'
Comment	Fred Galvin submitted a 1952 cite from Jack Williamson's "Man Down". Fred Galvin submitted a 1951 cite from Jack Williamson's "The Greatest Invention". Earliest cite in the OED database: 1953
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for psionics n.

click here for more information about the citation list

1953 ‘T. Sturgeon’ More Than Human 206	Seems that gravitics is the key to everything. It would lead to the addition of one more item to the Unified Field—what we now call psychic energy, or ‘psionics’.
1994 B. Bova Craft of Writing Sci. Fict. that Sells vi. 43	At the very least, it can lead to stories that are filled with jargon such as space warp, psionics, antigravs, droids and such.