English

edit

Etymology

edit

From 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)

  1. A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
  2. A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
  3. (dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

Coordinate terms

edit

Translations

edit
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

See also

edit

Anagrams

edit

Romanian

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from French animisme.

Noun

edit

animism n (uncountable)

  1. animism

Declension

edit
singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative animism animismul
genitive-dative animism animismului
vocative animismule

Swedish

edit

Noun

edit

animism c (uncountable)

  1. animism