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life principle

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Noun1.life principle - a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed
vital principle
causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
spirit - the vital principle or animating force within living things


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Thus he had found out that fire was the life principle of a dragon; put out the dragon's fires and it could make steam no longer, and must die.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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