What does life principle mean?

life principle means "a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed".

What is another word for life principle?

Close synonyms include vital principle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is life principle a common word?

life principle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

life principle — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed
Synonymsvital principle
Broadercausal agent
Narrowerspirit

Questions about life principle

What does life principle mean?: life principle means "a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed".
What is another word for life principle?: Close synonyms include vital principle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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