LIFE PRINCIPLE

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Meaning:

A hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed

Synonyms:

life principle; vital principle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("life principle" is a kind of...):

causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "life principle"):

spirit (the vital principle or animating force within living things)