totemism

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totemism

  • /ˈtoʊtəmɪzəm/

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From totem + -ism.

noun totemisms

  1. uncountable, usually The belief that a person or group has a special mystical relationship to a totem. 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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noun belief in a special relationship to a totem

한국어토템 숭배 totem sungbae
日本語トーテミズム tōtemizumu
中文圖騰崇拜 /图腾崇拜 túténg chóngbài, 圖騰信仰 /图腾信仰 túténg xìnyǎng, 圖騰論 /图腾论
Françaistotémisme
DeutschTotemismus
Italianototemismo
Românătotemism
Русскийтотеми́зм totɛmízm
العربيةطوطمية

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@misc{totemism_2026,
  title = {totemism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/totemism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}