ELAN VITAL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

Synonyms:

elan vital; life force; vital force; vitality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("elan vital" is a kind of...):

force ((physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

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