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(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..
Use animatism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Animatism means (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..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use animatism where its definition matches the intended context.
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