'life principle' definitions:
Definition of 'life principle'
From: WordNet
noun
A hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed [syn: vital principle, life principle]
Synonyms of 'life principle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anima,
- animating force,
- astral body,
- atman,
- bathmism,
- beating heart,
- biological clock,
- biorhythm,
- blood,
- breath,
- breath of life,
- buddhi,
- divine breath,
- divine spark,
- elan vital,
- essence of life,
- force of life,
- gross body,
- growth force,
- heart,
- heartbeat,
- heartblood,
- impulse of life,
- individual essence,
- inspiriting force,
- jiva,
- jivatma,
- kama,
- life breath,
- life cycle,
- life essence,
- life force,
- life process,
- lifeblood,
- linga sharira,
- living force,
- manas,
- mind,
- ousia,
- physical body,
- pneuma,
- prana,
- principle of desire,
- seat of life,
- soul,
- spark of life,
- spirit,
- sthula sharira,
- substance of life,
- vis vitae,
- vis vitalis,
- vital energy,
- vital flame,
- vital fluid,
- vital force,
- vital principle,
- vital spark,
- vital spirit