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Definition of Totemic
1. Adjective. Relating to totemism. "Totemic object"
Definition of Totemic
1. a. Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.
Definition of Totemic
1. Adjective. Serving as a totem. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Totemic
1. totem [adj] - See also: totem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Totemic
Literary usage of Totemic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Northern Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1904)
"CHAPTER X EATING THE TOTEMiC ANIMAL OR PLANT Traditions ii the Arunta tribe
relating to the eating of the totemic animal or ..."
2. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1917)
"totemic TRACES AMONG THE INDO-CHINESE. BY BERTHOLD LAUFER. A RECENT article by
Henri Maspero 1 affords me a welcome occasion to acquaint American students ..."
3. A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics by Shailer Mathews, Gerald Birney Smith (1921)
"In some instances, especially among the Australians and Melanesians, the members
of a totemic clan believe themselves to be actually descended from the ..."
4. Early Civilization: An Introduction to Anthropology by Alexander Goldenweiser (1922)
"Among such widely diffused totemic attributes are totemic clan or gen- jile names,
... Exogamy of the totemic unit is an almost universal trait of totemism. ..."
5. The Origin of Primitive Superstitions and Their Development Into the Worship by Rushton M. Dorman (1881)
"... tribes from animals—Totemism in art—Heraldry—totemic writing—Tattooing—Probable
totemic origin of the animal mounds—Traditionary descent of animals from ..."
6. The Evolution of Decorative Art: An Essay Upon Its Origin and Development as by Henry Balfour (1893)
"The special retention and amplification of certain important portions of symbolic
designs is very characteristic of mythological and totemic representations ..."
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