Meaning Of The Word Vitalism
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Vitalism Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Vitalism?
vitalism in American English
the doctrine that the life in living organisms is caused and sustained by a vital force that is distinct from all physical and chemical forces and that life is, in part, self-determining and self-evolving noun: the doctrine that phenomena are only partly controlled by mechanical forces, and are in some measure self-determining vitalism in British English noun: the philosophical doctrine that the phenomena of life cannot be explained in purely mechanical terms because there is something immaterial which distinguishes living from inanimate matter |
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