noun
- plural of orgone; hypothetical units of life energy proposed by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich
Usage: pseudoscientific; historical
Examples
- Reich claimed that orgones were present in all living matter.
- The scientist dismissed theories about orgones as lacking empirical evidence.
- Some alternative healers still reference orgones in their practices.
- The concept of orgones has been rejected by mainstream science.
- Reich built devices he claimed could accumulate orgones from the atmosphere.