单词 | energeticism |
释义 | energeticismn. 1. The quality or condition of being energetic. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] greennesseOE lustinessc1325 forcea1375 vigourc1386 virrc1575 vigour1602 nerve1605 vivacity1649 vis1650 actuosity1660 amenity1661 vogue1674 energy1783 smeddum1790 dash1796 throughput1808 feck1811 go1825 steam1826 jism1842 vim1843 animalism1848 fizz1856 jasm1860 verve1863 snap1865 sawdusta1873 élan1880 stingo1885 energeticism1891 sprawl1894 zip1899 pep1908 jazz1912 zoom1926 toe1963 zap1968 stank1997 1891 N.Y. Recorder 11 Oct. 20/2 So impressed..were they by the marvelous achievements of the tireless energeticism, that invariably they conceded his points for the time being. 1942 C. Bragdon Arch Lectures viii. 103 The skyscraper is..a symbol of the American spirit—that ruthless, tireless, assured energeticism delightedly proclaiming, ‘What a great boy am I!’ 2003 Jrnl. Amer. Soc. Psychical Res. 97 165 This [common] factor was tentatively called energeticism because we felt that an energetic person was not only fresh and fit, but would also be mentally ‘charged’ for the psi task as indicated by attentiveness and confidence. 2. Originally and chiefly Physics. The doctrine or theory that changes in energy form the basis of all physical phenomena, and that energy is the fundamental constituent of the universe. Now historical.This theory, advocated as an alternative to atomic theory, is chiefly associated with the German physical chemist Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932). Even after abandoning energeticism as a scientific hypothesis, Ostwald continued to advocate it as a general metaphysical theory. ΚΠ 1908 P. Carus in Monist 18 40 Ostwald is a monist,..but his monism consists in an omni-energeticism.] 1908 J. B. Burke in Oxf. & Cambr. Rev. Michaelmas Term 92 It appears that energeticism destroys matter and reduces everything to energy. 1915 Eccl. Rev. Jan. 41 If he [sc. the student] is to discuss intelligently atomism, energeticism, mechanicism, which claim to be the real philosophy of matter. 1999 A. Reisinger tr. E. Klein & M. Lachièze-Rey Quest for Unity i. 4 The school of energeticism, promoted by Wilhelm Ostwald..and others, was a bona fide monistic metaphysics based on rejecting the concept of atom. 2013 Isis 104 522 Phenomenology..posed as great a threat to his atomic doctrines as energeticism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891 |
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