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单词 vitalism
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
vi•tal•ism  (vītl iz′əm),USA pronunciation 
  1. Philosophythe doctrine that phenomena are only partly controlled by mechanical forces, and are in some measure self-determining. Cf. dynamism (def. 1), mechanism (def. 8).
  2. Biologya doctrine that ascribes the functions of a living organism to a vital principle distinct from chemical and physical forces.
  • vital + -ism 1815–25
vital•ist, n., adj. 
vi′tal•istic, adj. 
vi′tal•isti•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
vitalism /ˈvaɪtəˌlɪzəm/ n
  1. the philosophical doctrine that the phenomena of life cannot be explained in purely mechanical terms because there is something immaterial which distinguishes living from inanimate matter

ˈvitalist n , adj ˌvitalˈistic adj
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