English

Noun

élan vital ‎(uncountable)

1. The life force or vital principle posited in the philosophy of Henri Bergson; any mysterious or creative vital principle.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 803:

     Electricity! the force of the future—for everything, you know, including the élan vital itself, will soon be proven electrical in nature.

See also

• vitalism

Anagrams

• alleviant, vanillate