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totemy

totemy noun: the use of totems within a culture.

Noun

totemy (uncountable)

  1. The use of totems within a culture.
    • I cannot say whether these tales have been invented to fit the existing totems, or whether totemy and these fables have had a simultaneous growth.1889, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, page 53

Questions about totemy

What does totemy mean?
Totemy means the use of totems within a culture.
What part of speech is totemy?
Totemy is a noun.

Words near totemy in the dictionary

  1. totemized
  2. totemizes
  3. totemizing
  4. totemlike
  5. totems
  6. totemy
  7. Totenkopf
  8. Totenkopfs
  9. toter
  10. toters
  11. totes

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