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animistic, a.|ænɪˈmɪstɪk| [f. prec. + -ic.] Of or belonging to animism or animists. Hence aniˈmistically adv., in an animistic manner.
1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 268 Its animistic development [i.e. of mythology] falls within a broader generalization still. 1876Academy 4 Nov. 451/1 The animistic religions of the Naturvölker, of the Mexicans and Peruvians, and of the Finns. 1880Goldw. Smith in Atl. Month. No. 268. 213 The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has become so entangled with animistic fancies. 1881Huxley in Nature No. 615. 344 The essence of modern, as contrasted with ancient, physiological science, appears to me to lie in its antagonism to animistic hypotheses and animistic phraseology. 1882Jrnl. Anthrop. Inst. 373 The simple animistic belief in the continued existence of the spirit. 1884Brit. Q. Rev. LXXIX. 439 The doctrine of transubstantiation in the Romish Church..is the same thing, only that the new element is animistically imparted to the food, instead of being taken from it. 1942Mind LI. 3 Speaking animistically, but obliged by the prestige of science to speak jokingly, ‘My car goes when she chooses.’ |