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Meaning of sthenic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

/ˈsθɛnɪk/

Definitions

Characterized by nervous energy; robust, strong.

archaic

Equivalents

Deutsch sthenisch

Examples

“The resultant outcome of them is in any case what [Immanuel] Kant calls a ‘sthenic’ affection, an excitement of the cheerful, expansive, ‘dynamogenic’ order which, like any tonic, freshens our vital powers.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

sthenurine sthn. stibatian stibial stibian stibiated