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力本説 (りきほんせつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
dynamism
A philosophical term referring to the doctrine that reality is fundamentally composed of forces or energy, rather than static matter. Used in academic or intellectual contexts.
紀き
の
物ぶつ
理り
学がく
は
、
力りき
本ほん
説せつ
的てき
な
世せ
界かい
観かん
に
影えい
響きょう
を
与あた
え
た
。
19th-century physics influenced a dynamistic worldview.
Kanji 説 opinion, theory, explanation Similar words 唯ゆい 物ぶつ 論ろん 唯物論 (materialism) holds that matter is the fundamental substance, whereas 力本説 (dynamism) emphasizes force or energy as primary.
機き 械かい 論ろん 機械論 (mechanism) explains phenomena through mechanical interactions, while 力本説 focuses on dynamic forces rather than static mechanical parts.
Etymology Compound of 力 (power, force), 本 (origin, basis), and 説 (theory, doctrine). The term was coined in Japanese to translate Western philosophical concepts of dynamism.
