energism

energism
\\ˈenə(r)ˌjizəm\ noun (-s)
Etymology: German energismus, from energie energy (from Late Latin energia) + -ismus -ism
1. : a doctrine that certain phenomena (as mental states) are explicable in terms of energy
2. : an ethical theory that the supreme good consists in the efficient exercise of normal human faculties rather than in happiness or pleasure : self-realizationism

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