animatism
English edit
Etymology edit
animate + -ism. Originally coined by British anthropologist Robert Marett to refer to "a belief in a generalized, impersonal power over which people have some measure of control".
Noun edit
animatism (countable and uncountable, plural animatisms)
- (anthropology) The belief that everything is pervaded by a life force giving each inanimate object a consciousness or personality, but not a soul as in animism.
Translations edit
belief that everything is pervaded by a life force
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