English Explanatory Dictionary

Stahlism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The obsolete theory that all matter has a vital force and that every vital action is a function or operation of the soul.

Word forms

Stahlism Stahlianism

Etymology

From Stahl + -ism, after Georg Ernst Stahl (1659–1734), German chemist and physician.

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