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Vitalist
see synonyms of vitalistNoun
1. vitalist
one who believes in vitalism
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Vitalist
see synonyms of vitalistnoun
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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Vitalist
see synonyms of vitalist noun
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
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Vitalist
see synonyms of vitalistn.
The theory or doctrine that life processes arise from or contain a nonmaterial vital principle and cannot be explained entirely as physical and chemical phenomena.
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