Thesaurus: vitalism
The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.
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- n. The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.
- n. (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry
- The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.
- The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism aredue to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical andphysical forces.
- n:100 n. (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry