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Shamanism

//ˈʃeɪmənɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans wordnet
  3. 3
    any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) wordnet

Etymology

From shaman + -ism.

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