dynamism

noun — 3 senses

dynamism

noun

/ˈdaɪ.nəˌmɪzəm/

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

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.
1 more example
  • 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:
3

Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Any of several philosophical theories that attempt to explain the universe by an immanent force.

Derived terms
hyperdynamism, monodynamism

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