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Life force   /laɪf fɔrs/   Listen
Life force

noun
1.
(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms.  Synonyms: elan vital, vital force, vitality.





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"Life force" Quotes from Famous Books



... some ways to see Fanny Leysher, who liked "nothing but the best," pouring her life force into stitching 108 corset covers a day, she yet seemed less helpless than some ...
— Making Both Ends Meet • Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
... in its effect. I remember no Rosalind who wooed her Orlando so delightfully. For Rosalind, as Woman the Pursuer, driven forward by the Life Force, is convincingly Miss Anglin's conception—a conception ...
— The Merry-Go-Round • Carl Van Vechten


Words linked to "Life force" :   biological science, vital force, biology, vitality, force


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