[eranbita-ru ; eranvitaru ; eranbitaru] (n) (See 創造的進化) elan vital (hypothetical driving force behind creative evolution) (fre [Add to Longdo]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elan vital
n 1: (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical)
once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and
development of organisms [syn: {life force}, {vital force},
{vitality}, {elan vital}]