animatism

== English == === Etymology === From animate +‎ -ism. Originally coined by British anthropologist Robert Marett to refer to "a belief in a generalized, impersonal power over which people have some measure of control". === Noun === animatism (countable and uncountable, plural animatisms) (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. ==== Translations ====