MENTAL ENERGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mental energy mean? 

• MENTAL ENERGY (noun)
  The noun MENTAL ENERGY has 1 sense:

1. an actuating force or factor

  Familiarity information: MENTAL ENERGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTAL ENERGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An actuating force or factor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Synonyms:

mental energy; psychic energy

Hypernyms ("mental energy" is a kind of...):

motivation; motive; need (the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mental energy"):

incitation; incitement; provocation (something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action)

libidinal energy ((psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido)

 Context examples 

Physical or mental energy; hard work.

(Effort, NCI Thesaurus)

Low 'mental energy' may affect walking patterns in older adults more than physical fatigue.

(Mental, Not Physical, Fatigue Affects Seniors' Walking Ability, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I found him sitting out in the middle of the floor on his stool, a pose which is generally indicative of some mental energy on his part.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The act or process of concentrating, focusing the attention and mental energy on a single object to the exclusion of others.

(Attention Concentration, NCI Thesaurus)