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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A believer in the existence of vital force as distinguished from the other forces operative upon animal and vegetable organisms.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biol.) A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist.

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  • adjective Of or espousing vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors
  • noun Someone who believes in vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun one who believes in vitalism

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vital +‎ -ist

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