Animist
noun
A person who believes that all objects, places, and creatures have distinct spiritual qualities.
The tribe remained animist, attributing souls to plants, animals, and other elements of nature.
Often appears as...
- animist beliefs
- animist religion
adjective
Relating to the belief that all objects, places, and creatures possess spiritual or supernatural qualities.
They followed animist rituals to communicate with the spirits of nature.
Often appears as...
- animist tradition
- animist conception
noun
A person who believes that all objects, places, and creatures have distinct spiritual qualities.
The tribe remained animist, attributing souls to plants, animals, and other elements of nature.
Often appears as...
- animist beliefs
- animist religion
adjective
Relating to the belief that all objects, places, and creatures possess spiritual or supernatural qualities.
They followed animist rituals to communicate with the spirits of nature.
Often appears as...
- animist tradition
- animist conception
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Context
Understanding 'animist' requires knowledge of various cultures, especially indigenous and tribal ones.
In the museum, the guide explained the animist origins of the artifacts.
Pro Tip 2/3Spiritual Belief
'Animist' involves a deep sense of spirituality that guides how people interact with their world.
As an animist, she held a ceremony to thank the river for its generosity.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Religion
Animism isn't just about worship but a way of understanding life and existence in everything.
He described his animist viewpoint, seeing life in even the smallest stone.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Context
Understanding 'animist' requires knowledge of various cultures, especially indigenous and tribal ones.
In the museum, the guide explained the animist origins of the artifacts.
Pro Tip 2/3Spiritual Belief
'Animist' involves a deep sense of spirituality that guides how people interact with their world.
As an animist, she held a ceremony to thank the river for its generosity.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Religion
Animism isn't just about worship but a way of understanding life and existence in everything.
He described his animist viewpoint, seeing life in even the smallest stone.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Context
Understanding 'animist' requires knowledge of various cultures, especially indigenous and tribal ones.
In the museum, the guide explained the animist origins of the artifacts.
Pro Tip 2/3Spiritual Belief
'Animist' involves a deep sense of spirituality that guides how people interact with their world.
As an animist, she held a ceremony to thank the river for its generosity.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Religion
Animism isn't just about worship but a way of understanding life and existence in everything.
He described his animist viewpoint, seeing life in even the smallest stone.
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Video examples
Scott McCloud:...
another one which believes in the pure transparency of content; and then another, which emphasizes the authenticity of human experience and honesty and rawness. These are four very different ways of looking at the world. I even gave them the classicist, the animist, the formalist and iconoclast.
Video examples
Christopher Golden: Bush...
She is a part of their local spiritual animist pantheon. She is always envisioned in the same way, as a dwarf with long hair and long fingernails and backwards facing feet, with her heel pointing forward and her toes pointing backwards so that when she walks, no one can track and find her.
Video examples
Scott McCloud:...
another one which believes in the pure transparency of content; and then another, which emphasizes the authenticity of human experience and honesty and rawness. These are four very different ways of looking at the world. I even gave them the classicist, the animist, the formalist and iconoclast.
Video examples
Christopher Golden: Bush...
She is a part of their local spiritual animist pantheon. She is always envisioned in the same way, as a dwarf with long hair and long fingernails and backwards facing feet, with her heel pointing forward and her toes pointing backwards so that when she walks, no one can track and find her.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Ger Duany
Sudanese Actor
I was born into Sudan's civil war, and before I could read or write, I was using an AK47 in the conflict between the Muslim north and Animist/Christian south over the land and natural resources.
Quote examples
Gloria Steinem
American Activist
Monotheism makes me grouchy. I don't trust any religion that makes God look like one of the ruling class. I guess I'm a pagan or an animist.
Quote examples
Ger Duany
Sudanese Actor
I was born into Sudan's civil war, and before I could read or write, I was using an AK47 in the conflict between the Muslim north and Animist/Christian south over the land and natural resources.
Quote examples
Gloria Steinem
American Activist
Monotheism makes me grouchy. I don't trust any religion that makes God look like one of the ruling class. I guess I'm a pagan or an animist.
Example 1 of 2
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