psychic energy
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈsaɪkɪk ˈɛnərdʒi/
- Archaic
:
energía psíquica
- Part of the suppressed fear that sapped my psychic energy in the draining tasks of avoidance was the sense that a profound and irrevocable loss was taking place.
- direct psychic energy
He says that these beings could be autonomous fragments of psychic energy that have temporarily escaped the controlling power of the ego.
- He says that these beings could be autonomous fragments of psychic energy that have temporarily escaped the controlling power of the ego.
Examples
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In psychoanalytic therapy, practitioners believe that repressed memories can consume a person's psychic energy and hinder emotional healing.
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As psychic energy, the shadow is part of the human condition and exists in each of us as a potential psychic force.
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With regard to the zone, it talks about how to channel psychic energy and achieve the focus you say is required to accomplish tasks efficiently.
Blog text (32) -
I know from my own experience of declining abilities that when someone undergoes loss, she or he can either waste psychic energy trying to reject the new reality or can embrace it and try to make something positive out of it.
Academic text (2001) -
Psychic energy is diverted from the relationship to thoughts about it until, overwhelmed, it weakens and begins to wither.
Academic text (1995) -
In modern science, there is still an ongoing and heated debate among scientists as to the validity of such psychic powers, or psi, as the psychic energy is sometimes called.
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During meditation, she felt a surge of psychic energy that helped her concentrate on her thoughts.
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The author argued that the cultural climate of the 1960s drained collective psychic energy that could have been used for social progress.
Synonyms
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3.9
The ability to think clearly and focus on a task
Inner energy from desire that pushes people to think or act
How Hypothetical
- Archaic
- Archaic
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9.3
- Archaic
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8.8
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3.9
- Specialized
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1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'psychic' (relating to the mind) and 'energy' (force or vigour), so a learner who knows the constituents can plausibly infer a sense like 'mental energy' or force driving mental activity. However, the item has a specialized, theory-driven meaning in psychoanalysis and can be confused with 'psychic' = paranormal, so its precise theoretical sense is not fully predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Psychic energy pictures the mind as having a kind of inner 'fuel' or 'power'. Here psychic means the mind and energy means that force, so the phrase means the inner force that drives thoughts, feelings and actions.