energism
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- energist noun
- energistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of energism
From the German word Energismus, dating back to 1890–95. See energy, -ism
Example Sentences
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An execution of the same worthy intention, more acceptable to those trained in the modern psychology of instinct, is that moral conception variously known as Behaviorism, or Energism, a point of view maintained by thinkers from Aristotle to Professor Dewey in our own day.
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The purpose of this lesson is to impress upon the minds of our students the fact that, to all intents and purposes, the Universe and its laws, and its phenomena, are just as REAL, so far as Man is concerned, as they would be under the hypotheses of Materialism or Energism.
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The memorable lines on spring in the second book are cast into the form of old poetry, but the basis of them is Epicurean energism, as in Lucretius' prooemium.
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We need neither to cast aside the mechanical view of the world nor to accept energism; neither of them is required.
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