animism

English

Etymology

From anima +‎ -ismCategory:English terms suffixed with -ism#ANIMISM, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#ANIMISM anima (“life", "breath", "soul”). Dated sense from GermanCategory:English terms borrowed from German#ANIMISMCategory:English terms derived from German#ANIMISM Animismus, coined c. 1720 by physicist/chemist Georg Ernst Stahl (1660-1734) See anima mundi.

Pronunciation

Noun

animism (countable and uncountable, plural animisms)Category:English lemmas#ANIMISMCategory:English nouns#ANIMISMCategory:English uncountable nouns#ANIMISMCategory:English countable nouns#ANIMISMCategory:English countable nouns#ANIMISMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ANIMISMCategory:Pages with entries#ANIMISMCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ANIMISM

  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. (datedCategory:English dated terms#ANIMISM) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

Coordinate terms

Translations

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See also

Anagrams

Category:English hybridisms suffixed with -ism#ANIMISM

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#ANIMISMCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#ANIMISM animisme.

Noun

animism n (uncountable)Category:Romanian lemmas#ANIMISMCategory:Romanian nouns#ANIMISMCategory:Romanian uncountable nouns#ANIMISMCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ANIMISMCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#ANIMISMCategory:Pages with entries#ANIMISMCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ANIMISM

  1. animism

Declension

Further reading

Category:ro:Religion#ANIMISM

Swedish

Noun

animism c (uncountable)Category:Swedish lemmas#ANIMISMCategory:Swedish nouns#ANIMISMCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ANIMISMCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#ANIMISMCategory:Pages with entries#ANIMISMCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ANIMISMCategory:Swedish uncountable nouns#ANIMISM

  1. animism
Category:sv:Religion#ANIMISM
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