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incantationism

incantationism noun: the practice or habit of making or revering incantations.

Noun

incantationism (uncountable)

  1. The practice or habit of making or revering incantations.
    • It became mixed with incantationism and magic, no doubt largely pagan in origin.1950, Inverness Gaelic Society, Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness
    • The main cause of this inexactitude of the verse-meaning and the consequent incoherence of the Vedas appeared to my mind to be due to the so-called grammarism (not grammar), derivationism (not derivation), authenticationism (not authenticity), applicationism (not applicability), sacrificialism...1974, Vidyanand Videh, An exposition of the Vedas - Volume 1

Origin of incantationism

From incantation + -ism.

Questions about incantationism

What does incantationism mean?
Incantationism means the practice or habit of making or revering incantations.
What part of speech is incantationism?
Incantationism is a noun.

Words near incantationism in the dictionary

  1. incantated
  2. incantates
  3. incantating
  4. incantation
  5. incantational
  6. incantationism
  7. incantationist
  8. incantationists
  9. incantations
  10. incantator
  11. incantators

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