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id="div-gpt-ad-pc-wd-top" style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of animism" class="word__name--TTbAA">animism<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"attribution of living souls to inanimate objects," 1866, reintroduced by English anthropologist Sir Edward Burnett Taylor (1832-1917), who defined it (1871) as the "theory of the universal animation of nature," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">anima</span> "life, breath, soul" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*ane-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *ane- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*ane-</a> "to breathe") + <a href="/word/-ism" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ism " class="crossreference notranslate">-ism</a>.</p> <p>Earlier sense was of "doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial soul" (1832), from German <span class="foreign notranslate">Animismus</span>, coined c. 1720 by physicist/chemist Georg Ernst Stahl (1660-1734) based on the concept of the <a href="/word/anima%20mundi" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of anima mundi " class="crossreference notranslate">anima mundi</a>. <span class="foreign notranslate">Animist</span> is attested from 1819, in Stahl's sense. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Animisic</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1866">1866</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to animism">Entries linking to <i>animism</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of anima mundi" href="/word/anima%20mundi#etymonline_v_13454">anima mundi<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>"spiritual essence, distinct from matter and supposed in the philosophy of Pythagoras and Plato to be diffused throughout the universe, organizing and acting through the whole of it," 1670s, Medieval Latin, literally "soul of the world;" used by Abelard to render Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">psychē tou kosmou</span>. From fem. of Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">animus</span> "the rational soul; life; the mental powers, intelligence" (see <a href="/word/animus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animus " class="crossreference notranslate">animus</a>) + genitive of <span class="foreign notranslate">mundus</span> "universe, world" (see <a href="/word/mundane" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of mundane " class="crossreference notranslate">mundane</a>).</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of *ane-" href="/word/*ane-#etymonline_v_52698">*ane-<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to breathe."</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/anemo-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of anemo- " class="crossreference notranslate">anemo-</a>; <a href="/word/anemometer" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of anemometer " class="crossreference notranslate">anemometer</a>; <a href="/word/anemone" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of anemone " class="crossreference notranslate">anemone</a>; <a href="/word/anima" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of anima " class="crossreference notranslate">anima</a>; <a href="/word/animadversion" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animadversion " class="crossreference notranslate">animadversion</a>; <a href="/word/animadvert" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animadvert " class="crossreference notranslate">animadvert</a>; <a href="/word/animal" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animal " class="crossreference notranslate">animal</a>; <a href="/word/animalcule" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animalcule " class="crossreference notranslate">animalcule</a>; <a href="/word/animalistic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animalistic " class="crossreference notranslate">animalistic</a>; <a href="/word/animate" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animate " class="crossreference notranslate">animate</a>; <a href="/word/animation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animation " class="crossreference notranslate">animation</a>; <a href="/word/animatronic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animatronic " class="crossreference notranslate">animatronic</a>; <a href="/word/anime" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of anime " class="crossreference notranslate">anime</a>; <a href="/word/animism" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animism " class="crossreference notranslate">animism</a>; <a href="/word/animosity" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animosity " class="crossreference notranslate">animosity</a>; <a href="/word/animus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of animus " class="crossreference notranslate">animus</a>; <a href="/word/Enid" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Enid " class="crossreference notranslate">Enid</a>; <a href="/word/equanimity" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of equanimity " class="crossreference notranslate">equanimity</a>; <a href="/word/longanimity" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of longanimity " class="crossreference notranslate">longanimity</a>; <a href="/word/magnanimous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of magnanimous " class="crossreference notranslate">magnanimous</a>; <a href="/word/pusillanimous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pusillanimous " class="crossreference notranslate">pusillanimous</a>; <a href="/word/unanimous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of unanimous " class="crossreference notranslate">unanimous</a>.</p> <p>It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">aniti</span> "breathes;" Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">anemos</span> "wind;" Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">animus</span> "rational soul, mind, life, mental powers, consciousness, sensibility; courage, desire," <span class="foreign notranslate">anima</span> "living being, soul, mind, disposition, passion, courage, anger, spirit, feeling;" Old Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">anal</span>, Welsh <span class="foreign notranslate">anadl</span> "breath," Old Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">animm</span> "soul;" Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">uzanan</span> "to exhale," Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">anda</span> "to breathe," Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">eðian</span> "to breathe;" Old Church Slavonic <span class="foreign notranslate">vonja</span> "smell, breath;" Armenian <span class="foreign notranslate">anjn</span> "soul."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of -ism" href="/word/-ism#etymonline_v_12269">-ism<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>word-forming element making nouns implying a practice, system, doctrine, etc., from French <span class="foreign notranslate">-isme</span> or directly from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">-isma</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">-ismus</span> (source also of Italian, Spanish <span class="foreign notranslate">-ismo</span>, Dutch, German <span class="foreign notranslate">-ismus</span>), from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">-ismos</span>, noun ending signifying the practice or teaching of a thing, from the stem of verbs in <span class="foreign notranslate">-izein</span>, a verb-forming element denoting the doing of the noun or adjective to which it is attached. For distinction of use, see <a href="/word/-ity" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ity " class="crossreference notranslate">-ity</a>. The related Greek suffix <span class="foreign notranslate">-isma(t)-</span> affects some forms.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of animism">Trends of <i>animism</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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