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electro-vitalism
electro-vitalism n. 
/ᵻˌlɛktrə(ʊ)ˈvʌɪtl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /iˌlɛktroʊˈvaɪdlˌɪz(ə)m/ rare (now historical) a theory that all of the vital functions of living organisms are dependent on electricity or a similar force.
Brit. /ᵻˌlɛktrə(ʊ)ˈvʌɪtəlɪz(ə)m/
, /ᵻˌlɛktrə(ʊ)ˈvʌɪtəlɪz(ə)m//ᵻˌlɛktrə(ʊ)ˈvʌɪtl̩ɪz(ə)m/U.S. /əˌlɛktroʊˈvaɪdlˌɪz(ə)m/
, /əˌlɛktroʊˈvaɪdlˌɪz(ə)m//iˌlɛktroʊˈvaɪdlˌɪz(ə)m/ΚΠ
1860 G. H. Taylor Expos. Swedish Movement-cure ii. 62 The intimate relation of these fluids..has given occasion to partial and incomplete applications of mesmerism, electro-vitalism, electro-therapeutics, and, quite recently, to odic-force and tellurism.
1996 B. Clarke Dora Marsden & Early Modernism i. 31 Already in the ideas of the German romantic physiologists, the valence of electro-vitalism was masculinist.
1998 T. Armstrong Modernism, Technol. & Body i. 17 In popular electro-vitalism..electricity seemed to duplicate the body's fundamental energies.
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