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

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

We need neither to cast aside the mechanical view of the world nor to accept energism; neither of them is required.

From Project Gutenberg