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Dynamism

Definition: Dynamism

Dynamism

Noun

1. A activeness of an energetic personality.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dynamism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1930. (references)

Etymology: Dynamism \Dy"na*mism\, noun. [Compare to the French expression dynamisme. See Dynamics.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Dynamism

Synonyms: oomph (n), pizzaz (n), pizzazz (n), zing (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Dynamism

Non-English Usage: "Dynamism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (dynamism).

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Commercial Usage: Dynamism

DomainTitle

Books

  • Amazonia: Resiliency and Dynamism of the Land and Its People (reference)

  • Asia-Pacific Dynamism, 1550-2000 (Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia) (reference)

  • British Society 1680-1880 : Dynamism, Containment and Change (reference)

  • Divided Dynamism (reference)

  • East Asian Capitalism: Diversity and Dynamism (Hongkong Bank of Canada Papers on Asia, Vol. 2) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Dynamism

Illustrations:
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Non-Fiction Usage: Dynamism

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Management needs to teach initiative, self-confidence and dynamism. (references)

The Leasing industry in Pakistan is following a pattern of growth and dynamism similar to trends seen in other countries. (references)

Economic History

Jamaica

Comments: Despite a lackluster overall economy, Jamaica's construction sector continues to show some dynamism. (references)

Cyprus

Additionally, the Cyprus Stock Exchange has added new dynamism to the local capital market, particularly, after 1999. (references)

Luxembourg

Banking and insurance have long overtaken steel as the most important sector in the economy, and continue to show strong dynamism. (references)

Political Economy

ITALY

Economic dynamism is concentrated in northern Italy, resulting in an income divergence between north and south that remains one of Italy's most difficult and enduring economic and social problems. (references)

GERMANY

All telecommunications services have been fully open to competition since January 1998, when the EU's telecommunications market liberalization came into effect; great dynamism and intense competition characterize the long distance, but not local, market. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Dynamism

"Dynamism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dynamism" is used about 146 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%14626,107

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Dynamism

Expression using "dynamism": communicative dynamism. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dynamism

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dynamism

37

dog dynamism leash

2
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Modern Translation: Dynamism

Language Translations for "dynamism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

dinamizëm, gjallëri (activity, alacrity, alertness, animation, brio, briskness, ebullience, ebulliency, effervescence, effervescency, friskiness, ginger, life, liveliness, lustiness, mercuriality, pep, pepper, sprightliness, verdure, verve, vitality, vivacity, volatility, zest), energji (dash, drive, energetics, energy, gumption, might, nerve, pepper, pith, power, push, steam, strenuousness, vigor, vigour, vim, young blood, zip). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نشاطية (drive), ‏المذهب الدينامى, ‏ديناميكية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

сила (definition, drive, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), динамизъм. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

物力论, 力度 (vigor). (various references)

   

Czech

  

dynamismus. (various references)

   

Danish

  

dynamik (dynamic, dynamics, vital dynamics). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پویاءی (Mobility), قدرت تحرک . (various references)

   

French

  

dynamisme. (various references)

   

German

  

dynamische Kraft. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δυναμισμόσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

"י מיות. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

dinamizmus. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

dinamisme, kedinamikan. (various references)

   

Italian

  

dinamismo. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

タ行 (Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "tsu", Dahl, dark, dark matter, darling, Darwin, diagram, dial, dialogue, dial-up, diary, diatonic, diet, digest, Dijkstra, Diner's Club, diode, dozen, DynaBook, dynamic, dynamics, dynamite, necktie, tie). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ダイナミズ . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ynamismday

   

Portuguese

  

dinamismo (pep, push). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

dinamism (impetus, vitality). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

динамизм. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

dinamičnost. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

dinamismo (drive, pep, thrust), llenura de dinamicidad. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dynamism, dynamisk kraft (dynamics). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dinamizm, gürecilik. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

динамізм. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Dynamism

Derivations

Words beginning with "dynamism": dynamisms. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Dynamism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dunamis, dynaism, dynami, dynamise, dynamisme. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Dynamism"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "dynamism" (pronounced dī"numi'zum)
7-n u m i' z u manimism.
6-u m i' z u meuphemism, optimism, overoptimism, pessimism.
5-m i' z u mextremism.
4-i' z u mabolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, organism, ostracism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, perfectionism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism.
3-z u mbosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Dynamism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-i-m-m-n-s-y"

-2 letters: dismay.

-3 letters: amids, amins, ayins, daisy, damns, imams, maids, maims, mains, miasm, minas, minds, mynas, mysid, sandy, sayid.

-4 letters: aids, aims, ains, amid, amin, amis, ands, anis, ayin, dais, damn, dams, days, dims, dins, imam, immy, mads, maid, maim, main, mans, many, mays, mids, mina, mind, myna, nays, nims, sadi, said, sain, sand.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-i-m-m-n-s-y"
 

+1 letter: dynamisms.

 

+4 letters: hemodynamics.

 

+5 letters: dynamometries.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Bibliography


  

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