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.
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Totemism
//ˈtoʊtəmɪzəm//
Synonyms for "totemism"
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3 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- طوطمية noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Armenian
1 entries- տոտեմիզմ noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Asturian
1 entries- totemismu noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- totemizm noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Belarusian
1 entries- татэмізм noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Bengali
1 entries- টোটেমবাদ noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Catalan
1 entries- totemisme noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Czech
1 entries- totemismus noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Dutch
1 entries- totemisme noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Esperanto
1 entries- totemismo noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Estonian
1 entries- totemism noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Finnish
1 entries- totemismi noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
French
1 entries- totémisme noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Galician
1 entries- totemismo noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Georgian
1 entries- ტოტემიზმი noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
German
1 entries- Totemismus noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Hungarian
1 entries- totemizmus noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Indonesian
1 entries- totemisme noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Italian
1 entries- totemismo noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Japanese
1 entries- トーテミズム noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Kazakh
1 entries- тотемизм noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Korean
1 entries- 토템 숭배 noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- тотемизм noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Macedonian
1 entries- тотемизам noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Malagasy
1 entries- tôtemisma noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Persian
1 entries- توتمپرستی noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Polish
1 entries- totemizm noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Romanian
1 entries- totemism noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Russian
1 entries- тотеми́зм noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- totemizam noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Slovak
1 entries- totemizmus noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Swedish
1 entries- totemism noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тотемізм noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Uzbek
1 entries- totemizm noun (belief in a special relationship to a totem)
Sample sentences
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Although you see some representations of animals or gods in the form of animals, there's really no totemism or animism in Egyptian religion.
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“The Happiness of Objects” doesn’t make it easy on the viewer. Mr. Mitchell’s book is, after all, an academic tome (though quite readable) that delves into complex discussions of everything from pictures, objects and materials to their relationship with totemism, fetishism and idolatry.
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