animism
English edit
Etymology edit
anima + -ism, from Latin anima (“life", "breath", "soul”). Dated sense from German Animismus, coined c. 1720 by physicist/chemist Georg Ernst Stahl (1660-1734) See anima mundi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
animism (countable and uncountable, plural animisms)
- A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
- A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
- (dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.
Coordinate terms edit
- (religions) religion; agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Tengrism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yahwism, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Translations edit
belief in spirits
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See also edit
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French animisme.
Noun edit
animism n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of animism (singular only)
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) animism | animismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) animism | animismului |
vocative | animismule |