noun
- a hypothetical universal life force or energy proposed by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich
Usage: pseudoscientific
Examples
- Reich claimed that orgone energy could be accumulated in special boxes.
- The scientific community rejected Reich’s theories about orgone.
- Some alternative healers still reference orgone in their practices.
- Reich believed orgone was present in all living organisms.
- The FDA banned orgone accumulators as fraudulent medical devices.