单词 | dynamism |
释义 | dynamismn. 1. A philosophical system, theory, or doctrine, which seeks to explain the phenomena of the universe by some immanent force or energy.Applied to an ancient doctrine of the Ionic philosophers, who explained the motion of bodies by such principles as love and hatred; to the doctrine of Leibniz that all substance involves force; and to modern theories that mechanical energy is substance, or that the doctrine of energy is sufficient to explain the constitution of the universe. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > absolute idealism > [noun] > dynamism dynamism1857 monodynamism1867 1857 W. Fleming Vocab. Philos. 146 Dynamism, the doctrine of Leibnitz, that all substance involves force. 1866 Contemp. Rev. 2 552 To distinguish the dynamism of Goethe from that of Diderot, to show how this dynamism is related to the free pantheistic doctrine which emerged in Goethe's mind from the dogmatic system of..Spinoza. 1875 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind II. iv. iv. §77. 316 Two great systems embrace all minor systems: Atomism and Dynamism..The Dynamist theory regards Matter as constituted by unextended centres of force. 1876 Manning in Contemp. Rev. Nov. 1030 Mr. Kirkman, as a champion of Dynamism, has challenged single-handed all Atomists and Materialists. 1891 tr. H. Didon Jesus Christ I. 14 The dynamism of Thales and Pherecydes gave place to the atomism of Democritus. 2. The mode of being of force or energy; operation of force. Now usually, energizing or dynamic action, energy, ‘drive’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > energy or enterprise undertakingc1400 enterprisec1450 energy1793 dynamism1831 go-aheadism1838 get-up1841 go-ahead1843 go-aheadness1847 drive1859 get-up-and-get1865 get-up-and-go1871 get-there-ativeness1883 push-and-go1885 hustle1892 go-getting1919 go-gettingness1928 dynamicism1947 go-go-go1954 the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > [noun] > the operation of force dynamism1880 1831 T. Carlyle Let. 4 Mar. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1976) V. 244 These all build on Mechanism: one spark of Dynamism; of Inspiration, were it in the poorest soul, is stronger than they all. 1874 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind I. 111 That which by its definition is not substantial at all, but pure dynamism. 1880 Times 20 Nov. 5/4 The seismograph on Mount Vesuvius indicates great subterranean dynamism. 1885 L. Oliphant Sympneumata 211 Apparent miracle by the dynamism of touch. 1887 L. Oliphant Fashionable Philos. 19 The one contains a vital element in its dynamism which the other does not. 1940 Economist 20 July 70/1 Admiral Yonai's Ministry was brought down by the Army simply on the grounds of ‘insufficient dynamism’. 1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization v. 165 The primitive artist had hardly anything like the theory of æsthetic dynamism lying behind the use of the Chinese brush. 1955 P. Heron Changing Forms Art 148 The solid earth itself is far too convulsed to be really convincing in the long run as the solid earth. I enjoy these landscapes very much, but their unity is violated by so much ‘dynamism’. 1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising vi. 65 Board-room clichés which imply the dynamism, success, and health of the firm's activities. Categories » 3. Medicine. ‘The theory of the origin of disease from change or alteration of vital force.’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon) Derivatives ˈdynamist n. (a) One who studies or deals with dynamics; (b) One who holds the doctrine of dynamism. ΚΠ 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 275 The dynamist..treating of levers which..have neither breadth nor thickness, and contain no material, is an absolute Idealist. dynaˈmistic adj. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of dynamism; according to the doctrine of dynamists. ΚΠ 1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 719/1 It is usual..to speak of two kinds of monarchianism,—the dynamistic and the modalistic. By monarchians of the former class Christ was held to be..constituted the Son of God simply by the infinitely high degree in which he had been filled with Divine wisdom and power. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831 |
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