PSYCHIC ENERGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does psychic energy mean? 

• PSYCHIC ENERGY (noun)
  The noun PSYCHIC ENERGY has 1 sense:

1. an actuating force or factor

  Familiarity information: PSYCHIC ENERGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSYCHIC ENERGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An actuating force or factor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Synonyms:

mental energy; psychic energy

Hypernyms ("psychic energy" is a kind of...):

motivation; motive; need (the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psychic energy"):

incitation; incitement; provocation (something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action)

libidinal energy ((psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido)