dynamogenic
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a word derived from
dynamogenesis.
dynamogenesisnounthe correlation of changes in response with changes in sensory activity.
Example Sentences
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Anger in most of its forms is the most dynamogenic of all the emotions.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
The physiologists call a stimulus "dynamogenic" when it increases the muscular contractions of men to whom it is applied; but appeals can be dynamogenic morally as well as muscularly.
From Memories and Studies by James, Henry
It gets larger, for example, in cases of dynamogenic excitation.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
William James says: This leads me to say a word about ideas considered as dynamogenic agents or stimuli for unlocking what would otherwise be unused reservoirs of individual power....
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.
These are found to be either abnormal and handicapping, such as, emotional parturition; or stimulative and promotive, such as the dynamogenic reactions.
From Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster by Prince, Samuel Henry