Life force or lifeforce may refer to:
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Spirit (vital essence), in folk belief, the vital principle or animating force within all living things
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Vitality, ability to live or exist
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Vitalism
Vitalism is a belief that starts from the premise that "living organisms are fundamentally different from non-living entities because they contain some non-physical element or are governed by different principles than are inanimate things." Wher ...
, the belief in the existence of vital energy
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Energy (esotericism), a concept in spirituality and alternative medicine
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Prana
In yoga, Indian medicine and Indian martial arts, prana ( sa2, प्राण, ; the Sanskrit word for breath, " life force", or "vital principle") permeates reality on all levels including inanimate objects. In Hindu literature, prāṇa is ...
, the Sanskrit word for "life force" or "vital principle"
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Qi, or chi, an active principle forming part of any living thing (translated as "natural energy", "life force", or "energy flow")
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Élan vital (roughly translated as "vital impetus" or "vital force"), a philosophical term coined by Henri Bergson in 1907
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Vijñāna (translated as "consciousness," "life force", "mind" or "discernment")
Art and entertainment
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''Life Force'' (album), a 1967 album by American saxophonist Eric Kloss
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''Lifeforce'' (film), a 1985 science fiction-horror film
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''Life Force'' (video game), an alternate version of the 1986 video game ''Salamander''
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A Life Force
''A Life Force'' is a 1988 graphic novel by American cartoonist Will Eisner
William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the Ame ...
'', a 1988 graphic novel by Will Eisner
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''Life Force'' (sculpture), a 1992 sculpture at Columbia University, New York City
* ''Life Force'', a 1992 novel by
Fay Weldon
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Lifeforce Records
Lifeforce Records is a German heavy metal independent record label that specializes in metalcore and death metal. Their roster contains bands such as Confession, This or the Apocalypse, Omnium Gatherum and Last Leaf Down, and they have helped t ...
, a 1995 record label
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''Life Force'' (TV series), a 2000 British science fiction television series
* LifeForce, a fictional group of traveling doctors in Africa, within the 2004 Hong Kong television series ''
The Last Breakthrough
''The Last Breakthrough'' (Traditional Chinese: 天涯俠醫; literally "Heaven Saint Healer") () is a 2004 Hong Kong television medical drama produced by TVB. The drama revolves around a group of doctors who provide volunteer medical relief to t ...
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