Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

animism

/ˈænɪmɪzəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
an-i-mism
IPA
/ˈænɪmɪzəm/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From anima + -ism, from Latin anima (“life", "breath", "soul”). Dated sense from German Animismus, coined c. 1720 by physicist/chemist Georg Ernst Stahl (1660-1734) See anima mundi.

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Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

animisms (plural)

Derived Forms

preanimism

Questions

How do you pronounce animism?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈænɪmɪzəm/.
What does animism mean?
A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
Where does animism come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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