Animatism
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Animatism is a noun meaning (anthropology) The belief that everything is pervaded by a life force giving each inanimate object a consciousness or personality, but not a soul as in animism.
Meaning
(anthropology) The belief that everything is pervaded by a life force giving each inanimate object a consciousness or personality, but not a soul as in animism.
Word Forms
- animatisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include animism, anima, anthropism, psychism, object-soul, aspectism.
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