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dynamism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdaɪ.nəˌmɪzəm/

Etymology

From English dynam(ic) (or directly from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”)) + ism.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Great energy, drive, force, or power; vigour of body, mind, or personality; oomph or pizzazz.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Dynamic reality; active energy; continuous change, progress, or activity.
    • The fact that the war is no longer the main issue in the election points to the dynamism of foreign affairs.
    • But, one might ask, how can the temporal event of God in our midst be the same as God's event to himself in his eternity if so absolute a distinction is drawn between the enarrable contents of history and the "eternal dynamism" of God's immutability, apatheia, and perfect fullness? 2004, David Bentley Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth, page 159:
    • Kanye West is noted for the creative dynamism displayed across his discography.
  3. (countable, qualifier:metaphysics, uncountable) Any of several philosophical theories that attempt to explain the universe by an immanent force.

Forms

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Deriveds

hyperdynamism · monodynamism

Translations (11)

mi uekaha (great energy, drive, force, or power; vigor of body, mind or personality) · ta இயக்கத்தன்மை (dynamic reality; active energy; continuous change, progress, or activity) · gl dinamismo (great energy, drive, force, or power; vigor of body, mind or personality) · ca dinamisme (philosophical theory) · sv dynamism (great energy, drive, force, or power; vigor of body, mind or personality) · fi dynaamisuus (great energy, drive, force, or power; vigor of body, mind or personality) · fi dynamismi (philosophical theory) · sv dynamik (dynamic reality; active energy; continuous change, progress, or activity) · gl dinamismo (philosophical theory) · gl dinámica (dynamic reality; active energy; continuous change, progress, or activity) · fi dynamiikka (dynamic reality; active energy; continuous change, progress, or activity)