Vitalism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. 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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  • n. the doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In biology, the doctrine that ascribes all the functions of an organism to a vital principle distinct from chemical and other physical forces.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    philosophical doctrine    philosophical theory   
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