How do you use Vitalism in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Vitalism in a sentence
Vitalism meaning
The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.
Synonyms of Vitalism
Using Vitalism
- The main meaning on this page is: The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.
- Useful related words include: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory.
Context around Vitalism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vitalism
- In this selection, "vitalism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, moral, discredited, vital and taught stand out and add context to how "vitalism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include concept of vitalism vital force and implicitly discredited vitalism the theory. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vitalism" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vitalism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In their study, the team trialled a newly-developed measure that assesses an individuals belief in moral vitalism. (18 words)
Vitalism taught that these "organic" compounds were fundamentally different from the "inorganic" compounds that could be obtained from the elements by chemical manipulation. (23 words)
The results of this experiment implicitly discredited vitalism — the theory that the chemicals of living organisms are fundamentally different from those of inanimate matter. (24 words)
According to the concept of vitalism (vital force theory), organic matter was endowed with a "vital force". citation During the first half of the nineteenth century, some of the first systematic studies of organic compounds were reported. (37 words)
The results of this experiment implicitly discredited vitalism — the theory that the chemicals of living organisms are fundamentally different from those of inanimate matter. (24 words)
Vitalism taught that these "organic" compounds were fundamentally different from the "inorganic" compounds that could be obtained from the elements by chemical manipulation. (23 words)
Example sentences (4)
In their study, the team trialled a newly-developed measure that assesses an individuals belief in moral vitalism.
According to the concept of vitalism (vital force theory), organic matter was endowed with a "vital force". citation During the first half of the nineteenth century, some of the first systematic studies of organic compounds were reported.
The results of this experiment implicitly discredited vitalism — the theory that the chemicals of living organisms are fundamentally different from those of inanimate matter.
Vitalism taught that these "organic" compounds were fundamentally different from the "inorganic" compounds that could be obtained from the elements by chemical manipulation.