Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌdaɪnəmə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˌdaɪnəməˈdʒɛnɪk/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Adjective
Characterized by dynamogeny; producing much nervous activity.
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More examples (1)
There could be no more perfect description of the divided will, when the higher wishes lack just that last acuteness, that touch of explosive intensity, of dynamogenic quality (to use the slang of the psychologists), that enables them to burst their shell, and make irruption efficaciously into life and quell the lower tendencies forever.