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dynamism
[ dahy-nuh-miz-uhm ]
noun
- any of various theories or philosophical systems that seek to explain phenomena of nature by the action of force. Compare mechanism ( def 8 ), vitalism ( def 1 ).
- great energy, force, or power; vigor:
the dynamism of the new governor.
- Psychology. a habitual mode of reducing or eliminating tension.
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Derived Forms
- ˈdynamist, noun
- ˌdynaˈmistic, adjective
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Other Words From
- dyna·mist noun
- dyna·mistic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dynamism1
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Example Sentences
Dynamism is increasingly driven not by economies of scale but by competitively driven marginal improvements.
In the Church of England, as a Guardian profile outlined, his dynamism was atypical.
But if we accept the dynamism of capitalism that helps to generate so much wealth, we must also accept its volatility.
The traditional tweeds had a graphic edge, and modern textile innovations added a visual dynamism.
Which is to say, reducing the flexibility and dynamism of the economy.
I will allow myself to repeat here what I have said a hundred times elsewhere: The universe is a dynamism.
The universe is a great organism controlled by a dynamism of the psychical order.
The question at present resolves itself into this: Does this dynamism belong wholly to the experimenters?
Realism is not identical with materialism, and may even be definitely connected with the very opposite, dynamism or energism.
On the other hand, pure dynamism, now often called energism (and often spiritualism), is just as one-sided as pure materialism.
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