Totemism

//ˈtoʊtəmɪzəm// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The belief that a person or group has a special mystical relationship to a totem uncountable, usually

    "This is the common story of superstition, from the totemism of savage tribes and the image-worship of semi-civilized peoples on to the heathenism of the Mass."

  2. 2
    belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem wordnet

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"This is the common story of superstition, from the totemism of savage tribes and the image-worship of semi-civilized peoples on to the heathenism of the Mass."

Etymology

From totem + -ism.

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