单词 | totemically |
释义 | > as lemmastoˈtemically toˈtemically adv. (a) with reference to totems or totemism; after the manner of a totem; (b) symbolically or emblematically. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adverb] > of totem totemically1853 society > communication > indication > insignia > [adverb] > totem totemically1853 1853 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. III. 195 Totemically thus—a turtle totem denoted the brother or sister of a turtle family. 1902 Folk-Lore Dec. 373 Two cases in which Australian totem-groups averred that they were named totemically after a small species of opossum. 1982 Monthly Film Bull. Jan. 198 His main quarry is the black pimp Eldorado, whose colour becomes totemically inseparable from the violent degradation of women. 2009 C. Game in T. Casey Blair Legacy (new ed.) xiv. 208 CCT [= Compulsory Competitive Tendering] was totemically unpopular within the Labour movement, and its abolition became a political imperative. 2016 Africa News (Nexis) 6 May These clans are totemically identified by the use of specific sacred animals as totemic symbols. < as lemmas |
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