psychic energy

American  

noun

Psychoanalysis.

1. according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.

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Etymology

Origin of psychic energy

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

We’ll have robot cars, robocops, terminators and a fully functioning Skynet that grades social status from Instagram likes—unless we’re all entombed Matrix-like in pods wearing Neurolinks to capture our psychic energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Rather, it’s that I’ve decided that this time around, I will not exert my own psychic energy toward wondering what is bothering him and mistaking that for anything meaningful.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2025

Army’s attempts to harness psychic energy to kill the animals by glaring intently at them.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

The actor, who famously starred as teenage psychic Raven Baxter on the Disney Channel comedy “That’s So Raven,” talked psychic energy, clairvoyance and déjà vu with co-host Maday and guest Keke Palmer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023

All personal magnetism involves psychic energy developed and directed by magnetic intention.

From Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success by Haddock, Frank C. (Frank Channing)