Dynamism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dynamism \Dy"na*mism\, n. [Cf. F. dynamisme. See {Dynamics}.]
     The doctrine of Leibnitz, that all substance involves force.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dynamism
       n 1: any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical
            systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the
            universe in terms of some immanent force or energy
       2: the activeness of an energetic personality [syn: {pizzazz},
          {pizzaz}, {oomph}, {zing}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "dynamism":
     adventuresomeness, adventurousness, aggression, aggressiveness,
     ambitiousness, demonic energy, drive, energy, enterprise,
     enterprisingness, ergal, force, forcefulness, get-up-and-get,
     get-up-and-go, getup, go, go-ahead, go-getting, go-to-itiveness,
     gumption, hustle, initiative, intensity, kinetic energy,
     liveliness, pep, potency, potential energy, power, push,
     pushfulness, pushiness, pushingness, spirit, spiritedness, spunk,
     strength, strenuousness, up-and-comingness, venturesomeness,
     venturousness, vigor, vitality, zip