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LIFE FORCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does life force mean?
• LIFE FORCE (noun)
The noun LIFE FORCE has 1 sense:
1. (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
Familiarity information: LIFE FORCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
elan vital; life force; vital force; vitality
Hypernyms ("life force" is a kind of...):
force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
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