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Meaning of TOTEMISM

Pronunciation:  'towtu`mizum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\To"tem*ism\, n.
1. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a
   tribe by the totem.
2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real
   or imaginary object; nature worship. --Tylor.
 

 

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