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Webster 1913 Edition
Vitalism
Vi′tal-ism
,Noun.
(Biol.)
The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.
Definition 2024
vitalism
vitalism
English
Noun
vitalism (countable and uncountable, plural vitalisms)
- The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.
Translations
doctrine that life involves a "vital force"