词汇 | totemism |
释义 | totemism noun[ U ] uk /ˈtəʊ.tə.mɪz.əm/ us /ˈtoʊ.t̬ə.mɪz.əm/ belief in a relationship between a group of people and a respected physical object, or the practices and ceremonies connected with such a belief: He wrote an influential book about totemism among indigenous Australian people. Totemism was one of the earliest stages in the history of religion. Totemism may have begun when people tried to establish beneficial relations with animals and plants. Some groups use totemism as way to identify their clan and differentiate it from other groups. She was a professor of anthropology who had written about totemism in tribal societies. Religions & religious groups Abrahamic African Methodist Episcopal Church AME anti-Catholicism anti-Christianity evangelicalism faith-based Free Church Gnosticism multi-religious neo-paganism non-established paganism Pentecostalism Sufism Sunni super-church Taoism Taoist the God squad Related wordtotemistic |
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