Online Google Dictionary

animism 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/ˈanəˌmizəm/,
Font size:

The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena,
  1. The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena

  2. The belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe

  1. the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples"
  2. (animistic) animist: of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism
  3. Animism (from Latin anima "soul, life")Segal, p. 14 is a philosophical, religious or spiritual idea that souls or spirits exist not only in humans but also in animals, plants, rocks, natural phenomena such as thunder, geographic features such as mountains or rivers, or other entities of the ...
  4. A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena; A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe; A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit
  5. (Animist) A Master who can alter Anima. Properly, a Master is called a "Master Animist", while an adept who has extensive minor morphic devotions may be called simply an "Animist".
  6. (animist) a person who believes that natural things (such as plants and rocks) have souls
  7. A pagan view of nature that inanimate objects contain the spark of divine consciousness and are therefore worthy of our devotion. Also, the practice of worshiping a superior intelligence within simple animate or inanimate objects. Example - the Druidic worship of oak trees.
  8. The oldest known type of belief system in the world. It is still practiced in a variety of forms in many traditional societies. Animists practice nature worship. They believe that everything in the universe has a spirit. ...
  9. The belief that everything in the universe contains a living soul.  The belief that every object is indwelt by a spirit.
  10. a belief that natural phenomena such as rocks, trees, thunder, or celestial bodies have life or divinity.
  11. The belief, often found in pre-Christian religions, that a spiritual force is in all living creatures, and even in inanimate objects such as rocks or the wind.
  12. The belief, widespread among primitive peoples, that certain material objects, e.g. trees and stones, are possessed by spirits which are the cause of their movements and characteristic qualities. *
  13. A belief that a life-force exists within non-human forms (trees, rocks, etc.). A belief in spirits such as angels, demons, and ghosts. The earliest form of religion. Many aboriginal beliefs are animistic.
  14. The name given by anthropologists to the attribution of life or mind to inanimate objects, such as trees, mountains, rivers, or images. This belief of the ancients and of many existing peoples was a recognition of the universal sentience of nature.
  15. The belief that a spirit or divinity resides within every object, controlling its existence and influencing human life and events in the natural world.
  16. a system of belief in which it is held that each thing consists of a physical phenomenon as well as the spirit of the phenomenon. That is a rock is a rock, but there is also the spirit of the rock. And it is the spirit which is the 'real' rock.
  17. The belief that everything (including inanimate objects) is alive with soul or spirit, a conviction pervasive among most indigenous (tribal, pagan, shamanistic) faiths, including Hinduism, Shintoism and spiritualism.
  18. the idea that all things in the universe are invested with a life force, soul or mind inherently. It is an important constituent of primitive religions. It appears commonly in occult and spiritism circles (Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions, and the Occult, p. 22).
  19. A religious outlook that sees gods in many aspects of nature and propitiates them to help control and explain nature; typical of Mesopotamian religions. (p. 33)
  20. Refers to belief systems that, unlike Christianity, attribute personalized souls to animals, plants, and other material objects, governing, to some degree, their existence.
  21. the attribution of a spirit to a natural phenomenon or to an inanimate object (Shelton).
  22. A type of religious belief in which non-human species and phenomena have spiritual components that interact with and sanction humans.
  23. the belief that elements of the natural world are conscious life forms that affect humanity
  24. the belief that inanimate objects are alive and as such have life-like qualities such as feelings and intentions. A child may get angry and smack his bicycle because it 'made him get hurt'. ...
  25. A spirit(s) or life force inhabits all creatures & nature, sometimes inanimate objects as well.