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    VITAL FORCE

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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 organismsplay

    Synonyms:

    elan vital; life force; vital force; vitality

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural phenomena

    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)

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