English Explanatory Dictionary

animatism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The belief that everything is pervaded by a life force giving each inanimate object a consciousness or personality, but not a soul as in animism.

Word forms

animatism animatisms

Etymology

From animate + -ism. Originally coined by British anthropologist Robert Marett to refer to "a belief in a generalized, impersonal power over which people have some measure of control".

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