Medical Definition of Totemistic
1. Relating to totemism. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Totemistic
Literary usage of Totemistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natives of British Central Africa by Alice Werner (1906)
"totemistic clans. Kinship counted through women. The paramount chief: his powers.
Succession to the chieftainship. Administration of justice. ..."
2. The Archaeological Review by Gomme, George Laurence, Sir, 1853-1916 (1890)
"QUASI-totemistic PERSONAL NAMES IN WALES. THE ancient Welsh personal names that
... These names are, I think, worthy of notice, even though the totemistic ..."
3. Transactions of the Third International Congress for the History of Religions by Percy Stafford Allen, John de Monins Johnson (1908)
"To show that the ancestors of Israel passed through a definite stage in the
evolution of culture when their social system was arranged on a totemistic basis ..."
4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"Among totemistic peoples it is the deadliest crime to kill the ... Another mystical
totemistic feature, already alluded to, is the wearing of the skin of ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1899)
"I am not quite certain if the decoration of armour and weapons is totemistic or
symbolic. Remarkably many helmets represent the sea- lion, many daggers the ..."
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