orgone

Etymology

Blend of organism + hormone, after German Orgon.

noun

  1. In the psychoanalytic theory of Wilhelm Reich, a form of sexual energy or life force distributed throughout the universe and available for collection, storage, and further use.
    In the present report I shall describe the methods of quantitative measurement of the orgone by means of the electroscope and the thermometer. 1944, Wilhelm Reich, “The Discovery of the Orgone, part 2”, in Theodore P Wolfe, transl., International Journal of Sex-Economy and Orgone-Research, volume III, number 1

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