ANIMISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does animism mean? 

• ANIMISM (noun)
  The noun ANIMISM has 1 sense:

1. the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls

  Familiarity information: ANIMISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANIMISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

animism is common among primitive peoples

Hypernyms ("animism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Derivation:

animist (one who accepts the doctrine of animism)

animistic (of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism)