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The belief that standing still is the only real failure.
means The quality of being constantly active, forceful, and full of energetic change rather than settling into stillness.
from Traces back to Greek 'dynamis,' meaning power or force — the same root that gives us 'dynamic' and 'dynamite.' The word 'dynamism' itself emerged in the 19th century as philosophy needed a term for the idea that force and energy, not static matter, are the fundamental stuff of reality. It later loosened its grip on strict philosophy and became everyday shorthand for anyone or anything that refuses to sit still.
- origin
- from Greek dynamis, meaning power or force
- economics use
- growth from innovation, not just resource allocation
- philosophy sense
- reality as constant change, not fixed substance
- opposite
- stasis, which dynamism treats as slow death