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Elan Vital

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
vitality
plural
Elan Vitals
possessive
Elan Vital's
pluralpossessive
Elan Vitals'