vitalistn.
/ˈvʌɪtəlɪst/, /ˈvʌɪtl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈvaɪdl̩əst/ An advocate of or believer in vitalism. Also as adj., = vitalistic adj.
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animalculist1730
epigenesist1784
vermiculist1784
animalist1800
epigenist1803
ovarist1816
spermatist1836
ovist1838
creationist1856
seminist1857
vitalist1860
monogenist1868
nomogenist1868
panspermist1868
abiogenist1870
heterogenist1870
panspermatist1870
ovulist1879
adaptionist1888
abiogenesist1889
thaumatogenist1891
1860 T. Laycock Mind & Brain I. Contents p. xviii Conflicting theories of Life and Mind resulting from the Dogmas of the Vitalists.
1870 H. Maudsley Body & Mind 169 The obvious refuge of the vitalist is to the facts that it is impossible now to evolve life artificially out of any combination of physical and chemical forces [etc.].
1884 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 763 Cuvier..was a vitalist, and thought the vital properties of the body a kind of entity.
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