animism

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Noun

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. (dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

Translations

• French: animisme
• German: Animismus
• Portuguese: animismo
• Russian: аними́зм

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