ANIMISM


Meaning of ANIMISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-nə-ˌmi-zəm ]

noun

Etymology: German Animismus, from Latin anima soul

Date: 1832

1. : a doctrine that the vital principle of organic development is immaterial spirit

2. : attribution of conscious life to objects in and phenomena of nature or to inanimate objects

3. : belief in the existence of spirits separable from bodies

• an·i·mist -mist noun

• an·i·mis·tic ˌa-nə-ˈmis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.