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System of tribal division
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totemism
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context religion English) The belief that a person or group has a special mystical relationship to a totem
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Totemism \To"tem*ism\, n. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship. --Tylor.
Usage examples of totemism.
Challis developed his study more particularly with reference to the earlier evolution of Totemism, and he was able by his patient work among the Polynesians of Tikopia and Ontong Java, and his comparisons of those sporadic tribes with the Papuasians of Eastern New Guinea, to correct some of the inferences with regard to the origins of exogamy made by Dr.