animism
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editanimism (countable and uncountable, plural animisms)
- A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
- 2015, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), Number 3126: Been A While I Guess:
- "I'm not entirely comfortable with the level of animism you and Hanners display towards that thing."
- 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
editbelief in spirits
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See also
editAnagrams
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French animisme.
Noun
editanimism n (uncountable)
Declension
editsingular only | indefinite | definite |
---|---|---|
nominative-accusative | animism | animismul |
genitive-dative | animism | animismului |
vocative | animismule |
Swedish
editNoun
editanimism c (uncountable)
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