vitalist

• Substantiv, das eine Person bezeichnet, die der Lehre des Vitalismus anhängt – der Auffassung, dass Lebensvorgänge durch eine eigene Lebenskraft gesteuert werden, die sich von physikalischen und chemischen Kräften unterscheidet.

A noun referring to a person who adheres to the doctrine of vitalism, the belief that life processes are governed by a vital force distinct from physical and chemical forces.

1. Believer in vitalismC2formal

   A person who adheres to the doctrine of vitalism, which holds that life processes are not solely explained by physical and chemical laws but involve a vital force or principle.

   Anhänger des Vitalismus

   • The vitalist argued that living organisms possess a unique life force.
   • Many early biologists were vitalists before the rise of modern biochemistry.
   • The debate between vitalists and mechanists shaped 19th-century biology.