animismo

Esperanto

Etymology

animo (“soul”) +‎ -ismo (“-ism”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aniˈmismo/

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• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧mis‧mo
• Hyphenation: anim‧ismo

Noun

animismo (accusative singular animismon, plural animismoj, accusative plural animismojn)

1. animism

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.niˈmiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.niˈmiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.niˈmiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.niˈmiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.niˈmiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: a‧ni‧mis‧mo

Noun

animismo m (plural animismos)

1. (anthropology, religion) animism (belief that spirits inhabit natural objects)

Further reading

• “animismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “animismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aniˈmismo/ [a.niˈmiz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧mis‧mo

Noun

animismo m (plural animismos)

1. animism

Related terms

• animista

Further reading

• “animismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish animismo, from French animisme. By surface analysis, anima +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaniˈmismo/ [ʔɐ.n̪ɪˈmis.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧mis‧mo

Noun

animismo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

1. animism

   Synonyms: anito, pag-aanito

Related terms

• alma
• anima
• animadbersiyon
• animado
• animador
• animal
• animas
• animasyon
• anime
• animista
• animo
• animosidad
• des-animado
• des-animo
• inanimado

See also

• paganismo

Further reading

• “animismo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018