shamanism
/ˈʃeɪmənɪzəm/
shamanism noun: any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
Noun
shamanism (countable and uncountable, plural shamanisms)
- Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
shamanism meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Nepali
shamanism in Hindi
- range of traditional beliefs
- शैमेनिज़्म śaimenizma, शैमेनिज्म śaimenijma
shamanism in Urdu
- range of traditional beliefs
- شمن پرستی śaman prastī
shamanism in Telugu
- range of traditional beliefs
- షామానిజం ṣāmānijaṁ
shamanism in Nepali
- shamanism
- झाक्री jhākrī
More languagesFewer languages
- shamanism in Tagalog
- shamanismo
- shamanism in Arabic
- شَامَانِيَّة šāmāniyya
- shamanism in Persian
- شمنباوری šaman-bâvari
- shamanism in Vietnamese
- Saman giáo
Forms of shamanism
| plural | shamanisms |
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Origin of shamanism
From shaman + -ism.
Words formed from shamanism
Questions about shamanism
- What does shamanism mean?
- Shamanism means any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
- What is shamanism in Hindi?
- Shamanism in Hindi is शैमेनिज़्म (śaimenizma), शैमेनिज्म (śaimenijma). See Shamanism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shamanism?
- Shamanism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce shamanism?
- Shamanism is pronounced /ˈʃeɪmənɪzəm/.
- What is the plural of shamanism?
- The plural of shamanism is shamanisms.
Words near shamanism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shamanism (page history and authors); झाक्री (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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