orgonoticadj.
/ˌɔːɡəˈnɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˌɔrɡəˈnɑdɪk/ Psychology.
Relating to orgone; containing orgone.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [adjective]
vitalc1405
beastly?c1425
spirital1568
vival1636
archeal1728
vitalistic1865
orgonotic1942
orgonomic1949
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adjective] > containing specific ingredients
confectioned1576
saccharate1860
orgonotic1942
acidophilous1955
1942 T. P. Wolfe tr. W. Reich Discov. Orgone I. ix. 342 Many biologists..have observed the blue coloration of frogs in sexual excitation, or a bluish light emanating from flowers; we are dealing here with the biological (orgonotic) excitation of the organism.
1946 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 51 351/2 The living ‘orgonotic system,’ the ‘bio-apparatus’, represents nothing but a special state of concentrated ‘orgone’ energy.
1953 W. Reich Murder of Christ ii. 17 The qualities of the freely functioning orgonotic living system..bear out this mystified religious inkling of a basic truth.
1990 E. E. Miller Voice of Native Son 235 Worthy of more comment is the obvious connection between Reich's orgonotic bioenergy and Wright's ideas of ‘mood’.
Derivatives
orgoˈnotically adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [adverb]
animallyc1600
informatively1656
vitallya1676
orgonotically1942
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adverb] > by or with orgone
orgonotically1942
1942 T. P. Wolfe tr. W. Reich in Internat. Jrnl. Sex-econ. & Orgone Res. Nov. 205/2 Mix on a microscopic slide biologically (i.e., orgonotically) weak blood with rot bacteria or T-bacilli.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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