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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.
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African Methodist Episcopal Church
AME
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non-established
paganism
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