different between naturism vs animism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French naturisme. Equivalent to nature +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• enPR: n??ch?r-?z-?m, IPA^(key): /?ne?.t?????z.?m/

Noun

naturism (countable and uncountable, plural naturisms)

1. The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.
2. The worship of the powers of nature.

Synonyms

• (going nude in social settings): nudism

Related terms

• nature
• naturist

Translations

See also

• naturalism

Further reading

• naturism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Sturmian, Turanism, martinus

Romanian

Etymology

From French naturisme

Noun

naturism n (uncountable)

1. naturism

Declension

English

Etymology

anima +? -ism, from Latin anima (“life", "breath", "soul”). Dated sense from German Animismus, coined c. 1720 by physicist/chemist Georg Ernst Stahl (1660-1734) See anima mundi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn?m?z?m/

Noun

animism (countable and uncountable, plural animisms)

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.

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; Asatru,? Bahá'í Faith,? Buddhism,? Cao Dai,? Cheondoism,? Christianity,? deism,? Druidry,? Eckankar,? Flying Spaghetti Monsterism,? Heathenry,? Hinduism,? Islam,? Jainism,? Jediism,? Judaism,? Kimbanguism,? Odinism,? paganism,? Pastafarianism,? Raëlism,? Rastafarianism,? Shinto,? Sikhism,? Tamilism,? Taoism,? Thelema,? Unitarian Universalism,? Wicca,? Yazidism,? Yoruba,? Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Translations

See also

• animism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French animisme

Noun

animism n (uncountable)

1. animism

Declension