energism
noun
en·er·gism
ˈenə(r)ˌjizəm
plural -s
1
: a doctrine that certain phenomena (such 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
Word History
Etymology
German energismus, from energie energy (from Late Latin energia) + -ismus -ism