Complete Definition of "animism"

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animism

  1. the belief that spirits inhabit natural objects or phenomena
  2. the belief that an immaterial force animates the universe
  3. worldviews and lifeways founded on the understanding that the world is a community of living persons (most of whom are other-than-human) deserving respect, in which people learn through life how to show respect in locally appropriate ways

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