vitalism
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vitalism
noun vitalisms
- The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically. Theories and philosophies of vitalism are concerned with the distinction between life and non-life in some form. Given this emphasis, vitalism always has political stakes: where the boundary between life and non-life is drawn is, as theorists of biopolitics have shown, a supremely political matter [
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noun doctrine that life involves a "vital force"
| Español | vitalismo |
|---|---|
| Português | vitalismo |
| Français | vitalisme |
| Deutsch | Vitalismus |
| Italiano | vitalismo |
| Ελληνικά | βιταλισμός vitalismós |
| Русский | витали́зм vitalízm |
Talk about this word "vitalism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vitalism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vitalism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vitalism "vitalism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vitalism.
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@misc{vitalism_2026,
title = {vitalism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vitalism},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
