animism

[ US /ˈænəˌmɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /ˈænɪmˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls
    animism is common among primitive peoples
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How To Use animism In A Sentence

  • It is this philosophy, currently known as fetichism, but treated by Mr. Tylor under the somewhat more comprehensive name of "animism," which we must now consider in a few of its most conspicuous exemplifications. Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology
  • This worldview and lifeway is now being called animism (Graham Harvey and Robert J Wallis: Historical Dictionary of Shamanism) William Horden: God Is One Mind
  • There's also a sense of animism, wherein a particular tree beside a stream might constitute a sacred place.
  • -- Animism may have arisen out of or simultaneously with animatism as a primitive explanation of many different phenomena; if animatism was originally applied to non-human or inanimate objects, animism may from the outset have been in vogue as a theory of the nature of man. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
  • Symbolism in poetry is animism, anthropo - morphism, inspired by the truth that the universe, nature and spirit must be one at their roots. Dictionary of the History of Ideas
  • They still retain large elements of animism, a belief which assigns a divine spark or spirit to every material thing.
  • Today the term animism has fallen into disuse among serious scholars of religion although it is still retained by some MISSIOLOGISTS. Concise Dictionary of Religion
  • They still retain large elements of animism, a belief which assigns a divine spark or spirit to every material thing.
  • I'd probably frame it more in terms of a clash of belief systems: monotheistic Christianity straitjacketing polytheistic animism into more polarised gender roles, and introducing the concept of sin.
  • On theoretical grounds it is probable that animatism preceded animism; but savage thought is no more consistent than that of civilized man; and it may well be that animistic and panthelistic doctrines are held simultaneously by the same person. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
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