vitalist
adjective, noun
vitalist is an adjective meaning “Of or espousing vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-T-A-L-I-S-T, and it appears about once in every 49 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vitalist mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or espousing vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors.
noun
- 1
Someone who believes in vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be entirely reduced to physical and chemical factors.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vitalist
- more vitalist comparative
- most vitalist superlative
- vitalists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vitalist?
Vitalist appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vitalist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or espousing vitalism:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | vitalista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vitalist come from?
From vital + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).