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ANIMIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who accepts the doctrine of animism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("animist" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Derivation:

animism (the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls)

animist (of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism

Synonyms:

animist; animistic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

animism (the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls)

Derivation:

animist (one who accepts the doctrine of animism)

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