vitalism

English

Etymology

vital +‎ -ism

Noun

vitalism (countable and uncountable, plural vitalisms)

1. The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.

Related terms

• panvitalism

 

Translations

doctrine that life involves a "vital force"

• Catalan: vitalisme m
• Czech: vitalismus m
• Danish: vitalisme c
• Dutch: vitalisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: vitalismo (eo)
• Finnish: vitalismi
• French: vitalisme (fr) m
• Galician: vitalismo m
• German: Vitalismus (de) m
• Greek: βιταλισμός (el) m (vitalismós)
• Ido: vitalismo (io)
• Italian: vitalismo (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vitalisme m

  Nynorsk: vitalisme m

• Polish: witalizm m
• Portuguese: vitalismo m
• Russian: витали́зм (ru) m (vitalízm)
• Spanish: vitalismo (es) m
• Swedish: vitalism (sv) c
• Ukrainian: віталі́зм m (vitalízm)
• Volapük: lifälim

See also

• élan vital

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitalisme.

Noun

vitalism n (uncountable)

1. vitalism

Declension

declension of vitalism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vitalism	vitalismul
genitive/dative	(unui) vitalism	vitalismului
vocative	vitalismule

Swedish

Noun

vitalism c

1. vitalism

Declension

Declension of vitalism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vitalism	vitalismen	—	—
Genitive	vitalisms	vitalismens	—	—

Related terms

• vitalist
• vitalistisk

See also

• vital
• vitalisera
• vitalitet

References

• vitalism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vitalism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vitalism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)