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MENTAL ENERGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An actuating force or factor

Synonyms:

mental energy; psychic energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("mental energy" is a kind of...):

motivation; motive; need (the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mental energy"):

incitation; incitement; provocation (something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action)

libidinal energy ((psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido)

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