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animisms

animisms is the plural of animism.

Meaning of animism

Noun

animism (countable and uncountable, plural animisms)

  1. A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
    • "I'm not entirely comfortable with the level of animism you and Hanners display towards that thing."2015, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), Number 3126: Been A While I Guess
  2. A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
  3. (dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

Questions about animisms

What is animisms the plural of?
Animisms is the plural of animism.

Words near animisms in the dictionary

  1. animeverse
  2. animeverses
  3. Animikean
  4. animikite
  5. animism
  6. animisms
  7. animist
  8. animistic
  9. animistically
  10. animists
  11. animose

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