animism

Etymology
, from. Dated sense from, coined c. 1720 by physicist/chemist Georg Ernst Stahl (1660-1734) See anima mundi.

Noun

 * 1) A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
 * 2) A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
 * 3)  A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.
 * 1)  A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: animisme
 * Arabic: أرواحية
 * Catalan: animisme
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 泛靈論, 泛靈信仰, 萬物有靈論
 * Mandarin:, 泛靈信仰,
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 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: anamachas
 * Japanese: アニミズム, 汎霊説, 精霊信仰, 地霊信仰
 * Khmer: វិញ្ញាណនិយម,
 * Korean: 정령숭배(精靈崇拜), 정령신앙(精靈信仰)
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Etymology
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