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.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- (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
belief in spirits
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See also
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
animism n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of animism (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) animism | animismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) animism | animismului |
vocative | animismule |
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- English countable nouns
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- en:Religion
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- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Romanian neuter nouns