animism /anˈi-mi-zm/

1. The attribution of a soul to natural objects and phenomena
2. The theory of German chemist GE Stahl (1660–1734) that the soul is the vital principle and source of the phenomena of animal life

anˈimist noun

• byroom
• byrooms
• by rote
• bys
• by small and small
• by-speech
• by-speeches
• byssaceous
• byssal
• byssi
• byssine
• byssinoses
• byssinosis
• byssoid
• byssus
• byssuses
• bystander
• bystanders
• by-street
• by-streets
• byte
• bytes
• by the book
• by the by
• by the bye