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Meaning of 'animism'
Meaning of 'animism' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Animism 
[ n.]
- The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper
principle of life and development in the body. [ n.]- The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.
Meaning of 'animism' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. animism [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls
- the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls
Example in sentence:
- animism is common among primitive peoples
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