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Noun Concept
Categories: Religious studies stubs, Religious belief and doctrine, Anthropology of religion
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animatism  animatistic
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The attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones WordNet 3.0
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The attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Animatism is a term coined by British anthropologist Robert Marett in the context of his teleological theory of the evolution of religion. Wikipedia
The belief that everything is pervaded with a life-force giving each inanimate object a consciousness or personality, but not a soul as in animism. Wiktionary
Belief that everything is pervaded with a life-force. Wiktionary (translation)
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attribution
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pré-animisme
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animatistic
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