animism

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈænɪmɪzəm/ === Noun === animism (countable and uncountable, plural animisms) A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena. A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe. (dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== animism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Minamis == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French animisme. === Noun === animism n (uncountable) animism ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “animism”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === animism c (uncountable) animism