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dynamis

dynamis noun: potentiality.

Noun

dynamis (uncountable)

  1. (Classical) Potentiality.
    • I have tried to explain the sense of dynamis fundamental to Aristotle's philosophy.1962, William Keith Chambers Guthrie, A History of Greek Philosophy: Aristotle, an encounter, page 125
    • Heidegger deals in this text with Aristotle's attempt to explicate dynamis and energeia as one of manifold ways in which being is expressed.1990, Arleen B. Dallery, Charles E. Scott, P. Holley Roberts, Crises in Continental Philosophy

Forms of dynamis

alternative formdunamis

Origin of dynamis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis).

Questions about dynamis

What does dynamis mean?
Dynamis means potentiality.
What part of speech is dynamis?
Dynamis is a noun.

Words near dynamis in the dictionary

  1. dynamilogy
  2. dynamimeter
  3. dynamimeters
  4. dynamin
  5. dynamins
  6. dynamis
  7. dynamisation
  8. dynamisations
  9. dynamise
  10. dynamised
  11. dynamises

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