Associations to the word «Vitalism»

Wiktionary

VITALISM, noun. The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.

Dictionary definition

VITALISM, noun. (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams