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animistic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | animist |
| Derivation | animism |
Examples of animistic
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Confucianism recognizes the existence of animistic spirits, ghosts and deities.
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Whoever controls these animistic effects, it seems, must be worth listening to.
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Prior to contact with the Russians, the belief system of the Evenks was animistic.
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The animistic nature of folk beliefs is an anthropological cultural universal.
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As always there is an animistic quality to her work and a sense of hidden narrative.
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In many of the animistic African religions, tutelaries appear in a variety of forms.
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To the animistic people of Madagascar, death is considered just another step in life.
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Their religion is animistic, and their pantheon includes eighty-three gods.
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Still, most Khitan still adhered to an animistic religion where the sun was worshiped.
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- Animist: of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism
- (animism) the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples"
- Animism (from Latin anima "soul, life")Segal, p. 14 is a philosophical, religious or spiritual idea that souls or spirits exist not only in humans but also in animals, plants, rocks, natural phenomena such as thunder, geographic features such as mountains or rivers, or other entities of the ...
- (animism) A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena; A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe; A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit
- (animism) noun: a doctrine that the vital principle of organic development is immaterial spirit
- (Animism) belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
- (animism) the belief that inanimate objects are alive and as such have life-like qualities such as feelings and intentions. A child may get angry and smack his bicycle because it 'made him get hurt'. ...
- (animism) The world view that says all things, animate or inanimate, possess souls or spirits.
- (animism) A belief that a life-force exists within non-human forms (trees, rocks, etc.). A belief in spirits such as angels, demons, and ghosts. The earliest form of religion. Many aboriginal beliefs are animistic.
