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vitalist|ˈvaɪtəlɪst|
[Cf. prec. and F. vitaliste.]
An advocate of or believer in vitalism. Also in recent use as adj., = next.
1860Laycock Mind & Brain I. Contents p. xviii, Conflicting theories of Life and Mind resulting from the Dogmas of the Vitalists. 1870H. Maudsley Body & Mind 169 The obvious refuge of the vitalist is to the facts that it is impossible now to evolve life artificially out of any combination of physical and chemical forces [etc.]. 1884Pop. Sci. Monthly XXIV. 763 Cuvier..was a vitalist, and thought the vital properties of the body a kind of entity. |