Word Meaning

Meaning of animism

- The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.
- The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.

Crossword clue for animism

- Belief that natural objects have desires
- Doctrine asserting all natural objects have souls