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Animism   /ˈænəmˌɪzəm/   Listen
Animism

noun
1.
The doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls.





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"Animism" Quotes from Famous Books



... with his contacts with persons is an interesting chapter in social psychology. Observation upon children shows that the individual tends to respond to inanimate objects, particularly if they are unfamiliar, as if they were living and social. The study of animism among primitive peoples indicates that their attitude toward certain animals whom they regarded as superior social beings is a specialization of this response. A survey of the poetry of all times and races discloses ...
— Introduction to the Science of Sociology • Robert E. Park
... a mixture of Sumerian and Semitic elements. The primitive Sumerian had believed in a sort of animism. Each object had its zi or "spirit," like men and beasts; the zi gave it its personality, and endowed it, as it were, with vital force. The zi corresponded with the ka or "double" of the Egyptians, which accompanied like ...
— Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations • Archibald Sayce


Words linked to "Animism" :   animistic, school of thought, philosophical system, ism, doctrine, animist, philosophy


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