| 单词 |
totemism |
| 释义 |
totemism|ˈtəʊtəmɪz(ə)m| [f. totem + -ism.] The use of totems, with the clan division, and the social, marriage, and religious customs connected with it.
1791J. Long Voy. Indian Interpr. 87 This idea of destiny, or, if I may be allowed the phrase, ‘totamism’,..is not confined to the Savages. 1870Lubbock Orig. Civiliz. v. (1875) 199 Nature-worship or Totemism, in which natural objects are worshipped. 1883A. Lang in Contemp. Rev. Sept. 414 Totemism is the name for the custom by which a stock (scattered through many local tribes) claims descent from some plant, animal, or other natural object. Ibid., Totemism..is a widespread institution prevailing all over the north of the American continent. 1905Westm. Gaz. 13 Dec. 3/1 Here is the beginning of totemism—‘the bearing of the name of an object by a human group’, as Mr. Howitt says. ‘Naming’ is the ‘original germ’, says Mr. Lang, ‘of totemism’. |
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