animism

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11
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14
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7
Pronunciation
/ˈænɪmɪzəm/

Definition of animism

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
    “"I'm not entirely comfortable with the level of animism you and Hanners display towards that thing."”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
    “"I'm not entirely comfortable with the level of animism you and Hanners display towards that thing."”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
  3. (countable, dated, uncountable)A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

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Etymology

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.

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