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What does animism mean?

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Noun
  1. A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
  2. A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
  3. (dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.
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Thai beliefs actually reflect a mix of Theravada Buddhism, Hinduism, and animism.
There's also a sense of animism, wherein a particular tree beside a stream might constitute a sacred place.
Some, such as the Dais in Yunnan and the Zhuangs in the southwest, practice animism.
Many Central Africans still observe the traditional religion of ancestor worship, or animism.
Shamanism is the ancient religion of animism and nature-spirit worship and its origins in Korea are lost in antiquity.
These serials help perpetuate superstitions and blind beliefs in witchcraft and sorcery, in magic and animism.

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