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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vitalism \Vi"tal*ism\, n. (Biol.)
The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are
due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical
and physical forces.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vitalism
n : a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from
physics and chemistry
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