"shamanism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃeɪmənɪzəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shamanism.wav [UK] Forms: shamanism [singular], [plural]
Etymology: shaman + -ism Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|shaman|ism}} shaman + -ism Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A kind of religion based on animism (the belief that everything has a spirit), and the practice of special people called shamans.
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  2. The practice of a shaman.
    Sense id: simple-shamanism-en-noun-nxefhdL6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ism
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