neo-vitalismn.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈvʌɪtəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈvʌɪtl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈvaɪdlˌɪz(ə)m/ A new, modern, or revived form of vitalism.
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the world > life > biology > theories > [noun] > of origin or development of life
epigenesis1653
intelligent design1816
vitalism1822
ovarism1857
panspermy1857
creationism1860
monadism1860
nomogeny1868
thaumatogeny1868
biogenesis1870
panspermism1870
biogeny1871
polygenesis1871
panspermatism1874
monism1880
ovism1892
neo-vitalism1895
creation science1970
1895 Amer. Math. Monthly 2 249 The subjects of the theses submitted by him [sc. F. P. Matz], were:..(2) Neo-Vitalism considered from a Monistic Standpoint.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 712/2 These efforts..by their unfortunate designations of Vitalism and Neo~vitalism give rise to entirely false conceptions.
1937 Philos. Rev. 46 54 Neo-vitalism is just as decisively opposed to materialism and mechanism as Aristotle was to the mechanism of Democritus.
1970 Systematic Zool. 19 206/2 Neo-vitalism today seems often to arise, curiously enough, among physicists.
1996 S. J. Dick Biol. Universe vii. 331 Early in the twentieth century, the two leaders of ‘neovitalism’ were Henri Bergson in France and Hans Driesch in Germany.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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