vitalism
English
noun
Definitions
- The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.
Etymology
Suffix from English vital.
Origin
English
vital
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vitallium English
- electrovital English
- extravital English
- intervital English
- intravital English
- invital English
- neovitalism English
- nonvital English
- psychovitalism English
- subvital English
- supravital English
- unvital English
- vital English
- vitalic English
- vitalise English
- vitalist English
- vitalistic English
- vitality English
- vitalization English
- vitalize English
- vitally English
- vitalness English
- vital Old French