dynamogenic

dynamogenic

English

Etymology

dynamogeny +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪnəmə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/

Adjective

dynamogenic (comparative more dynamogenic, superlative most dynamogenic)

1. (psychology) Characterised by dynamogeny; producing much nervous activity.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 147:

     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.