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totemism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun totemism has 1 sense
- totemism(n = noun.cognition) - belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem; is a kind of belief
Derived form adjective totemic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
totemism, n.
- The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem. [1913 Webster]
- Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship. Tylor. [1913 Webster]
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