1. vitalist - Noun
2. vitalist - Adjective
A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAlthough the proponents of these preparations share homeopathy's vitalist world-view and the preparations are claimed to act through the same hypothetical "vital force" as homeopathy, the method of preparation is different. Source: Internet
''He shatters the vitalist argument by calling in question the specific or personal unity of the organism, and the mechanist argument even more decisively, by calling in question the structural unity of the machine. Source: Internet
Nevertheless, it was the beginning of the end of one popular vitalist hypothesis, that of Jöns Jakob Berzelius that "organic" compounds could be made only by living things. Source: Internet