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Meaning of "totemism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOTEMISM

totemism  [ˈtəʊtəˌmɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOTEMISM

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adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Totemism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOTEMISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Totemism

Totemism is a system of belief in which each human is thought to have a spiritual connection or a kinship with another physical being, such as an animal or plant, often called a "spirit-being" or "totem." The totem is thought to interact with a given kin group or an individual and to serve as their emblem or symbol. The term totem is derived from the Ojibwa word ototeman, meaning "one's brother-sister kin." The grammatical root, ote, signifies a blood relationship between brothers and sisters who have the same mother and who may not marry each other. In English, the word 'totem' was introduced in 1791 by a British merchant and translator who gave it a false meaning in the belief that it designated the guardian spirit of an individual, who appeared in the form of an animal—an idea that the Ojibwa clans did indeed portray by their wearing of animal skins. It was reported at the end of the 18th century that the Ojibwa named their clans after those animals that live in the area in which they live and appear to be either friendly or fearful.

Definition of totemism in the English dictionary

The definition of totemism in the dictionary is the belief in kinship of groups or individuals having a common totem. Other definition of totemism is the rituals, taboos, and other practices associated with such a belief.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOTEMISM


academism
əˈkædəˌmɪzəm
alarmism
əˈlɑːmɪzəm
animism
ˈænɪˌmɪzəm
atomism
ˈætəˌmɪzəm
Benthamism
ˈbɛnθəˌmɪzəm
bromism
ˈbrəʊˌmɪzəm
dynamism
ˈdaɪnəˌmɪzəm
dysphemism
ˈdɪsfɪˌmɪzəm
economism
ɪˈkɒnəˌmɪzəm
endemism
ˈɛndəmɪzəm
euphemism
ˈjuːfɪˌmɪzəm
extremism
ɪkˈstriːmɪzəm
minimism
ˈmɪnɪˌmɪzəm
opiumism
ˈəʊpɪəˌmɪzəm
optimism
ˈɒptɪˌmɪzəm
overoptimism
ˌəʊvərˈɒptɪˌmɪzəm
pancosmism
pænˈkɒzˌmɪzəm
pessimism
ˈpɛsɪˌmɪzəm
racemism
ˈræsɪˌmɪzəm
seismism
ˈsaɪzˌmɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOTEMISM

totaquine
totara
tote
tote bag
tote board
toteable
totem
totem pole
totemic
totemically
totemist
totemistic
totemite
toter
totes
tother
totient
totipalmate
totipalmation
totipotency

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOTEMISM

bathmism
bedlamism
chemism
cosmism
Humism
Islamism
legitimism
logical atomism
momism
Moslemism
nomism
nonconformism
Pan-Islamism
panspermism
photochromism
reformism
short-termism
thermochromism
Thomism
transformism

Synonyms and antonyms of totemism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «totemism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOTEMISM

Find out the translation of totemism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of totemism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «totemism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

图腾崇拜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

totemismo
570 millions of speakers

English

totemism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गण चिन्ह वाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطوطمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тотемизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

totemismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

totemism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

totémisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Totemisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Totemismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トーテミズム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

토템 숭배
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Totemism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tôtem giáo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

totemism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टोटेमिसम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Totemizm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

totemismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

totemizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тотемізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

totemism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

totemism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

totemisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

totemism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

totemisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of totemism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOTEMISM»

The term «totemism» is normally little used and occupies the 120.049 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOTEMISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about totemism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOTEMISM»

Discover the use of totemism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to totemism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Totemism
An examination of the beliefs encompassed by totemism.
Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1963
2
Totemism and Exogamy, Vol. II (in Four Volumes)
This classic four-volume series-from a pioneering ethnographer, first published in 1910-remains a foundational work of comparative mythology and religion for scholars and armchair anthropologists alike.
Sir James George Frazer, 2013
3
Totemism and Exogamy
A treatise on early forms of superstition and society. Includes reprints of Totemism (1887); The Origins of Totemism (1899); The Beginnings of Religion and Totemism (1905); and Totemica: A Supplement to Totemism and Exogamy (1937).
James George Frazer, Sir Jame Frazer, 2000
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Totemism
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
James George Frazer, James George Frazer, Sir, 2010
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The Structural Study of Myth and Totemism
Simple empiricism, indeed, invites the kind of criticism that Levi-Strauss develops in discussing Elkin's fragmentation of 'totemism' into various 'totemisms': sex totemism, moiety totemism, clan totemism, dream totemism, local totemisms, ...
Edmund Leach, 2013
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Totemism, Tattoo and Fetishism as Forms of Sign Language
Peculiar and profound, this work will intrigue and delight readers of history, religion, and mythology.
Gerald Massey, 2008
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Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement Between the Mental ...
In the later history of totemism these two sides, the religious and the social, tend to part company; the social system sometimes survives the religious; and, on the other hand, religion sometimes bears traces of totemism in countries where the ...
Sigmund Freud, 2001
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Diy Totemism
From the author of "Fang and Fur, Blood and Bone: A Primal Guide to Animal Magic" comes a new work that redefines the modern concept of practical animal totemism.
Lupa, 2008
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Marriage and Worship in Early Societies: A Treatise on ...
Totemism is peculiar to the dark- skinned and least civilised races of mankind, who occupy the Tropics, the Southern Hemisphere and North America. Totemism appears to have originated independently in several centres. two things might, ...
Sir James George Frazer, 1986
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Marriage, Totemism and Religion: An Answer to Critics
1911. This work endeavors to answer the critics on the theory that the institutions of man develop with considerable uniformity all over the globe, although as races advance, they naturally diverge more or less under the influence of ...
Lord Avebury, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOTEMISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term totemism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Deeply Yao Exhibition Showcases Arts & Culture of the Yao Hill …
The dominant religion for the Yao people varies depending upon the region they live in and incorporates elements of animism, totemism, Taoism and ancestor ... «ArtfixDaily, Jul 15»
2
Joshua Cohen's Book of Numbers Is Brilliant and Nearly Unbearable
... vast gape of a wildlife refuge … originally a religion itself—animism, totemism, dendrolatry—to the indigenous Indians, whom the Spanish called the Costenos, ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Speaking the Language of Paint: Karen Schwartz at Life on Mars
(2015) and “Totemism” (2014). Whatever the image, it speaks the language of paint — no symbols are assigned, and meaning is recognized (as in the ... «Hyperallergic, May 15»
4
Banning 'India's Daughter' is the easy way out
Nishtha Gautam presents the film's “totemism and “sensationalism”, while many newspaper editorials rightly do not find banning a solution. Do we want to know ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
5
The Kathmandu essayist
But the voracious reader in him was not to be restricted, and he ranged far in his writings, from medieval history to epigraphy, 'bahunbaad' to totemism and ... «E Kantipur, Feb 15»
6
Original Monotheism
Of the North American Indians specifically, Schmidt claims: “In their oldest pure forms they know neither totemism nor mother-right; they do not practice ... «First Things, Feb 15»
7
Totem and taboo: The Zeliangrong of North East - Part 1 -
(1985:251) Totemism developed in or about northern Africa, and thence spread to the four corners of the globe. They are also found among a number of ... «E-Pao.net, Dec 14»
8
The Ancient Practice of Tengriism, Shamanism and Ancient Worship …
... to be one of the oldest religions, and incorporates characteristics of shamanism, animism, totemism, both polytheism and monotheism, and ancestor worship. «Ancient Origins, Dec 14»
9
The Real Amazons
... give us “an impressionistic sense of the beliefs of the women archers of Scythian lands known as Amazons, an intangible mosaic of animism, totemism, magic, ... «The New Yorker, Oct 14»
10
Animals and Cultural Diplomacy
This is a sort of vision that we associate with "totemism," which the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss explained in the mid-twentieth century as the application ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»

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