Associations to the word «Animism»

Wiktionary

ANIMISM, noun. A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
ANIMISM, noun. A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
ANIMISM, noun. (dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

Dictionary definition

ANIMISM, noun. The doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy