tropism

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noun

tro·pism ˈtrō-ˌpi-zəm How to pronounce tropism (audio)

: involuntary orientation by an organism or one of its parts that involves turning or curving by movement or by differential growth and is a positive or negative response to a source of stimulation

: a reflex reaction involving a tropism

: an innate tendency to react in a definite manner to stimuli

broadly : a natural inclination : propensity

encouraged his tropism toward the theatrical

John Updike

tropistic

trō-ˈpi-stik How to pronounce tropism (audio)

adjective

-tropism

2 of 2

noun combining form

: tropism

heliotropism

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Noun

The music of Bizet and Gounod partakes of this tropism toward the elegant and pleasing.

Janet Malcolm, The New Yorker, 14 July 2022 Is this a late-life aberration, or can the tropism be traced to a deeper angst that was missed in its time?

The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022 In one way, the press conferences are a logical continuation of Trump’s tropism toward spectacle.

Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2020 Now, as with so much else, Trumpism is changing that tropism in unpredictable ways.

Bill Mckibben, New Republic, 6 July 2017

单词	tropism
释义	tropism 1 of 2 noun tro·pism ˈtrō-ˌpi-zəm 1 a : involuntary orientation by an organism or one of its parts that involves turning or curving by movement or by differential growth and is a positive or negative response to a source of stimulation b : a reflex reaction involving a tropism 2 : an innate tendency to react in a definite manner to stimuli broadly : a natural inclination : propensity encouraged his tropism toward the theatrical John Updike tropistic trō-ˈpi-stik adjective -tropism 2 of 2 noun combining form : tropism heliotropism Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Noun The music of Bizet and Gounod partakes of this tropism toward the elegant and pleasing. Janet Malcolm, The New Yorker, 14 July 2022 Is this a late-life aberration, or can the tropism be traced to a deeper angst that was missed in its time? The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022 In one way, the press conferences are a logical continuation of Trump’s tropism toward spectacle. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2020 Now, as with so much else, Trumpism is changing that tropism in unpredictable ways. Bill Mckibben, New Republic, 6 July 2017 Word History Etymology Noun generalization of -tropism, after German Tropismus Noun combining form -trope or -trop(ic) + -ism, after German -tropismus First Known Use Noun 1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Medical Definition tropism noun tro·pism ˈtrō-ˌpiz-əm : involuntary orientation by an organism or one of its parts that involves turning or curving by movement or by differential growth and is a positive or negative response to a source of stimulation also : a reflex reaction involving a tropism
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tropism

noun

noun combining form

Example Sentences

Word History

Medical Definition

noun