VITAL FORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vital force mean? 

• VITAL FORCE (noun)
  The noun VITAL FORCE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VITAL FORCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VITAL FORCE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

elan vital; life force; vital force; vitality

Hypernyms ("vital force" 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)