totemism

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:52:07

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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