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Dynamism logo #10101) Doctrine 2) Great energy or enthusiasm 3) Philosophical system 4) Philosophy 5) School of thought
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Dynamism logo #10101) Energy 2) Oomph 3) Pizzaz 4) Pizzazz 5) Vitality
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Dynamism logo #21000[metaphysics] Dynamism is a general name for a group of philosophical views concerning the nature of matter. However different they may be in other respects, all these views agree in making matter consist essentially of simple and indivisible units, substances, or forces. Dynamism is sometimes used to denote systems that admit not only matt...
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Dynamism logo #21002• (n.) The doctrine of Leibnitz, that all substance involves force.
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dynamism logo #21003(from the article `hylomorphism`) Opposed to hylomorphism are atomism, mechanism, and dynamism, all of which deny the intrinsic composition of metaphysical principles in bodies and ...
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Dynamism logo #20717Rate of change in path condition; depends on motive force of gradient, user numbers, water flow etc.. A highly dynamic path will erode quickly; a path with low dynamism will be relatively stable.
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Dynamism logo #20972Dy'na·mism noun [ Confer French dynamisme . See Dynamics .] The doctrine of Leibnitz, that all substance involves force.
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Dynamism logo #23166term coined by Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716) and developed into a full system of cosmology. The Dynamism idea in metaphysical cosmology explains the material world in terms of active, pointlike forces, with no extension but with action at a distance. Dynamism describes that which exists as simple elements, or for Leibniz, monads, and groups of ele...
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dynamism logo #20400[n] - the activeness of an energetic personality
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dynamism logo #20974pizzazz noun the activeness of an energetic personality
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Dynamism logo #21203(Gr. dynamis, power) A term applied to a philosophical system which, in contrast to philosophy of mechanism (q.v.), adopts force rather than mass or motion as its basic explanatory concept. In this sense the Leibnizian philosophy is dynamism in contrast to the mechanism of Descartes' physics. -- L.W.
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dynamism logo #21199any of various theories or philosophical systems that seek to explain phenomena of nature by the action of force. Cf. mechanism (def. 8),(def. 1). · great energy, force, or power; vigor: the dynamism of the new governor. · a habitual mode of reducing or eliminating tension.
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