• (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of a special vital principle.
Vi`tal·is'tic adjective (Biol.) Pertaining to, or involving, vitalism, or the theory of a special vital principle. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: vī′tăl-is′tik Definitions: 1. Pertaining to vitalism.
vitalistic Relating to a doctrine that the processes of life are not explicable by the laws of physics and chemistry alone and that life is in some part self-determining.