vital force
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Definition(s):
- (n) (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms
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- But for the latter group, video games are getting increasingly difficult to ignore as a vital force in popular culture, and the hardest game to ignore right now is Halo.
- It's also a story about a sea change in American culture, which has embraced video games, formerly a despised hobby, as a vital force in pop culture.
- Yet do-gooder is not everywhere an epithet, and charity remains a vital force.
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