animism

1. (countable, uncountable)A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.

   Animismus

   аними́змanimízm

   the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls

2. (countable, uncountable)A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.

3. (countable, dated, uncountable)A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

1. Islam supplanted Christianity and animism in North Africa.

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2. I think that some Japanese can explain Christianity via Animism.

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3. I read the article "Animism: The Religion of the Tribal World."

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4. Somebody thought that a grey teddy bear could symbolize my Animism-Buddhism.

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5. In Animism, there is credence in ubiquitous spirit entities pervading the totality of Nature.

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