orgone
/ˈɔːɡəʊn/
orgone noun: 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.
Noun
orgone (countable and uncountable, plural orgones)
- 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
- So, boys, when those hot licks play over your balls and prick and dart up your ass like an invisible blue blow torch of orgones, in the words of T. J. Watson, Think.1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press
Forms of orgone
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Origin of orgone
Blend of organism + hormone, after German Orgon.
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Questions about orgone
- What does orgone mean?
- Orgone means 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.
- What part of speech is orgone?
- Orgone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce orgone?
- Orgone is pronounced /ˈɔːɡəʊn/.
- What is the plural of orgone?
- The plural of orgone is orgones.
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