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VITALISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vitalism mean?
• VITALISM (noun)
The noun VITALISM has 1 sense:
1. (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry
Familiarity information: VITALISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("vitalism" is a kind of...):
philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)
Domain category:
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
Derivation:
vitalist (one who believes in vitalism)
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