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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats