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animism

[ US /ˈænəˌmɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /ˈænɪmˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls
    animism is common among primitive peoples

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  • In contemporary philosophical language these would be the doctrines of hylozoism and animism.
  • And even though nowhere in Buddhist scripture is there any mention of any kind of ghosts or animism, a strong belief in magic still remains.
  • Some, such as the Dais in Yunnan and the Zhuangs in the southwest, practice animism.
  • Believers, animism and shamanism, some Protestant and Catholic Christianity.
  • Today, Noreum-Machi will stage a captivating virtuosic percussion performance known as Samulnori, a modernized stage adaption of p'ungmul nori, which is a ritualistic celebration which originated from shamanism and animism and which is performed by rice farmers. Latest News
  • In more recent years, immigrants from Vietnam and Laos have brought folk religions such as animism into some U.S. communities.
  • From early animism in its manifold expressions, through polytheism, kathenotheism, henotheism, to monotheism, and so out into loftier possibilities of conceiving the divine nature and purpose -- the main road which man has traveled in his religious development now is traceable. Christianity and Progress
  • He probably saw lakes and trees and lightning as actual, living beings, a view of the world called animism. Where To Park Your Broomstick
  • Spiritualism, pan-animism, metempsychosis and reincarnation were at the radical end of a spectrum, but wide consensus existed for accepting evolution as a creed of progress.
  • Their religion, which exhibits features of animism, animalism, anthropomorphism, nature-worship, fetishism, ancestor-worship is under the control, guidance and supervision of the village.
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