animatism
animatism · animatisms
The belief that everything is pervaded by a life force giving each inanimate object a…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.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
More definitions
- the attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From animate + -ism. Originally coined by British anthropologist Robert Marett to refer toFrom 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".
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Forms
plural: animatisms| Singular | animatism |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedanimatistic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable