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

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle