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LIFE PRINCIPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does life principle mean?
• LIFE PRINCIPLE (noun)
The noun LIFE PRINCIPLE has 1 sense:
1. a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed
Familiarity information: LIFE PRINCIPLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
life principle; vital principle
Hypernyms ("life principle" is a kind of...):
causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "life principle"):
spirit (the vital principle or animating force within living things)
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