"animatism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: animatisms [plural]
Etymology: From animate + -ism. Originally coined by British anthropologist Robert Marett to refer to "a belief in a generalized, impersonal power over which people have some measure of control". Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|animate|ism}} animate + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} animatism (countable and uncountable, plural animatisms)
  1. (anthropology) The belief that everything is pervaded by a life force giving each inanimate object a consciousness or personality, but not a soul as in animism. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anthropology Translations (belief that everything is pervaded by a life force): animatismo [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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