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animist 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. one who accepts the doctrine of animism
  2. (animism) the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples"
  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 believer in animism
  5. (animism) 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
  6. (animism) noun: a doctrine that the vital principle of organic development is immaterial spirit
  7. (Animism) belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life
  8. (animism) 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'. ...
  9. (animism) The world view that says all things, animate or inanimate, possess souls or spirits.
  10. (Animism) Animists see life in everything; the sea, the rivers, the trees, the rocks, the winds, the moon, the stars, the sun, and the earth herself. Both animate and inanimate objects are credited with an individual spirit or life force. ...
  11. (animism) a belief that natural phenomena such as rocks, trees, thunder, or celestial bodies have life or divinity.
  12. (Animism) The belief that everything in the universe contains a living soul.  The belief that every object is indwelt by a spirit.
  13. (Animism) A belief that all physical things are spiritual beings (including animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature), and that each of these things has a soul.
  14. (Animism) the belief that elements of the natural world are conscious life forms that affect humanity
  15. (Animism) the worship of spirit beings, rather than the worship of God; the belief that inanimate objects possess a soul or spirit.
  16. (11. Animism) 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.
  17. (ANIMISM) (Latin, anima: "air, soul"):
  18. (Animism) A belief commonly associated with shamanism that holds all things as possessing life.
  19. (Animism) A belief that events in the world are mobilized by the activities of spirits.
  20. (Animism) A spirit(s) or life force inhabits all creatures & nature, sometimes inanimate objects as well.
  21. (Animism) A type of religious belief in which non-human species and phenomena have spiritual components that interact with and sanction humans.
  22. (Animism) Belief in souls or doubles.
  23. (Animism) One of the basic concepts of 18th century evolutionary theory of religion popularized by R.B Taylor in his primitive culture. Even Spencer supported the idea that animism was the universal and earliest form of religion practice. ...
  24. (Animism) Refers to belief systems that, unlike Christianity, attribute personalized souls to animals, plants, and other material objects, governing, to some degree, their existence.
  25. (Animism) Religious practices based on the belief that all living things and natural objects have their individual spiritual essence or soul.