animatism
[an-uh-muh-tiz-uh m]
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noun
the attribution of consciousness to inanimate objects and natural phenomena.
Origin of animatism
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What truth there was in that doctrine is fully covered by Animatism.
The Origin of Man and of his SuperstitionsCarveth Read
Animatism, the animation theory of seemingly inanimate nature, is a further subdivision which also includes animatism and animism.
Totem and TabooSigmund Freud
animatism
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