|
|
Definition of Animistic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the doctrine of animism.
Definition of Animistic
1. a. Of or pertaining to animism.
Definition of Animistic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to animism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Animistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Animistic
Literary usage of Animistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"A ' pre-animistic' validity as manifestations of religion thus attaches to a
variety of special observances and cults ; and it may therefore be interesting ..."
2. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Edward Burnett Tylor (1903)
"... in Modern Science—Stock-and-Stone Worship— Idolatry—Survival of animistic
Phraseology in modern Language— Decline of animistic theory of Nature. ..."
3. Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life by William Henry Hudson (1918)
"... Boy's Animism The animistic faculty and its survival in us—A boy's animism
and its persistence—Impossibility of seeing our past exactly as it was—Serge ..."
4. The Religions of Mankind by Edmund Davison Soper (1921)
"There is objection also to the word "animistic" because that attitude of mind is
not left ... But it is used here because it is the animistic outlook or ..."
5. Outlines of the History of Religion: To the Spread of the Universal Religions by Cornelis Petrus Tiele (1905)
"Thus through every period of Egyptian history we find different usages of animistic
origin retained, though perhaps with changed significance, ..."
6. Rest Days: A Study in Early Law and Morality by Hutton Webster (1916)
"... At the same time the fact must be recognized that the majority of taboos are
now supported by animistic beliefs of a much more precise character. ..."
7. Judaism and Christianity: A Sketch of the Progress of Thought from Old by Crawford Howell Toy (1891)
"It will suffice merely to mention the survivals from early animistic beliefs
which occur in the Old Testament, but do not maintain themselves in the later ..."
8. The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Account of Its Development by Ernst Mach (1919)
"animistic, AND MYSTICAL POINTS OF VIEW IN MECHANICS. i. If, in entering a parlor
in Germany, we happen to hear something said about some man being very ..."
Other Resources:
