Meaning of spasmodicity | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being spasmodic.

uncountable

Examples

“There is more irritability of the mucous membranes and more spasmodicity in squilla than in bryonia.”

“Meanwhile there is time and more time to he filled. One can race with time, by doing this, and this, and…Spasmodicity becomes the way of life, the restless behavior of the untrained or mistrained person, with components of irritability, anxiety, misdirected or briefly sustained effort.”

“The problem arises because people take interest no doubt, but the interest does not last. That is, their interest is of very short duration and as soon as they feel that their effort is not being blessed with success, they abandon their efforts. What then is really needed for sure success? I feel that unless the interest is a permanent interest, then all are doomed to this spasmodicity of effort and, therefore, of failure.”

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