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hormic

hormic adjective: goal-oriented; purposive.

Adjective

hormic (comparative more hormic, superlative most hormic)

  1. goal-oriented; purposive

Forms of hormic

comparativemore hormic
superlativemost hormic

Origin of hormic

Popularized by William McDougall (psychologist) (1871–1938), from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “impulse”) + -ic.

Questions about hormic

What does hormic mean?
Hormic means goal-oriented; purposive.
What part of speech is hormic?
Hormic is an adjective.

Words near hormic in the dictionary

  1. hormesis
  2. hormetic
  3. hormetically
  4. hormetin
  5. hormetins
  6. hormic
  7. hormogone
  8. hormogones
  9. hormogonia
  10. hormogonial
  11. hormogonium

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