energism

[ en-er-jiz-uhm ]

noun

, Ethics.

1. the theory that self-realization is the highest good.

Other Words From

• ener·gist noun adjective
• ener·gistic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of energism¹

From the German word Energismus, dating back to 1890–95. See energy, -ism

Example Sentences

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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Realism is not identical with materialism, and may even be definitely connected with the very opposite, dynamism or energism.

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On the other hand, pure dynamism, now often called energism (and often spiritualism), is just as one-sided as pure materialism.

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The first is scientific materialism, or, as some of its advocates prefer to call it, energism.

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However, he is wrong when he supposes that his energism is an entirely new system.

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