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New Latin sthenicus, from Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos, “strength”).
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sthenic (comparative more sthenic, superlative most sthenic)
- (pathology, archaic) Characterized by nervous energy; robust, strong.
- 1902, William James, “Lecture XX: Conclusions”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 505:
- The resultant outcome of them is in any case what [Immanuel] Kant calls a ‘sthenic’ affection, an excitement of the cheerful, expansive, ‘dynamogenic’ order which, like any tonic, freshens our vital powers.
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