dynamism

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ.nəˌmɪzəm/

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Noun

dynamism (countable and uncountable, plural dynamisms)

1. Great energy, drive, force, or power; vigour of body, mind, or personality; oomph or pizzazz.
2. 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.

   Kanye West is noted for the creative dynamism displayed across his discography.

   • 2004, David Bentley Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth, page 159:

     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?

3. (philosophy, metaphysics) Any of several philosophical theories that attempt to explain the universe by an immanent force.

Derived terms

• hyperdynamism
• monodynamism

Translations

philosophical theory

• Catalan: dinamisme m
• Finnish: dynamismi
• Galician: dinamismo m

great energy, drive, force, or power; vigor of body, mind or personality

• Finnish: dynaamisuus (fi)
• Galician: dinamismo m
• Māori: uekaha
• Swedish: dynamism (sv) c

dynamic reality; active energy; continuous change, progress, or activity

• Finnish: dynamiikka (fi)
• Galician: dinámica (gl) f
• Swedish: dynamik (sv) c
• Tamil: இயக்கத்தன்மை (iyakkattaṉmai)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} dynamisme (fr) m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} dinamismo (es) m