animism

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

animism (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.

Translations

belief in spirits

• Catalan: animisme (ca) m
• French: animisme (fr) m

• German: Animismus (de) m
• Khmer: វិញ្ញាណនិយម (km) (vi nhean ni yum), ព្រលឹងនិយម (km) (pro lueng ni yum)
• Turkish: canlıcılık (tr)

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• Esperanto: animismo

See also

• Animism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia