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

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psychic energy

I love the image; just think about the clouds of psychic energy and all these people all over the city talking about Lorne and the show, trying to figure it out.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

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 resultant dissipation of psychic energy rendered Laird Duncan unconscious for several hours, during which Lady Duncan waited in suspenseful fear.

From The Eyes Have It by Garrett, Randall