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animism

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Definition: The belief that all creatures and objects -- even ones science regards as "inanimate" -- possess a soul or personality; the belief that all things are alive in some sense.

Expanded Definition: What Is Animism?
Examples:
Anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor argued that animism is the most primitive and essential form of religion.
Further Reading
Glossary - Urban Legends and Folklore

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