SHAMANISM


Meaning of SHAMANISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌni-zəm ]

noun

Date: 1780

: a religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive only to the shamans ; also : any similar religion

• sha·man·ist -nist noun

• sha·man·is·tic ˌshä-mə-ˈnis-tik, ˌshā-mə- adjective

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