biodynamic

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Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os)

Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der.

English bio-

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *dunamai

Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)

Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor.

French dynamiqueder.

English dynamic

English biodynamic

From bio- + dynamic.

biodynamic (comparative more biodynamic, superlative most biodynamic)

Of, or relating to the effects of motion, or other change, on (or in) living things.
Hypernym: biophysical

Near-synonyms: biokinetic, biokinematic
(anthroposophy, agriculture, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of organic agriculture with mystical and holistic elements, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 215:
  This ancient mode of thought exists to this day in the mystical biodynamic gardening practices of Rudolph Steiner, which call for planting only when the moon is in a favorable position for the variety of plant chosen.
(New Age, psychoanalysis, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of psychotherapy, massage and energy healing developed by Gerda Boyesen in Norway in the 1950s.

Relating to agriculture according to anthroposophic precepts