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Animism (from Latin: anima, meaning 'breath', 'spirit', or 'life') is the worldview or perception that various types of natural phenomena, including non-human organisms and often even landforms and inanimate objects, possess distinct spiritual essences, souls, or personhood. Animism assumes a wide view about which entities may be considered animate, thus…
The analysis highlights Religion, "New animism" definitions and Other usage as prominent areas in the source structure around Animism.
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The extracted context around Animism shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Animism → Adler, Alfred Irving, America, An Adventure, Ancient Chiang Mai, Andrew, Animismus, Animist, Are They, Armstrong, Bad Liebenzell, Ballantine Books, Bantam Books, Bartholomew, Chiang Mai, Christianity, Cognoscenti Books, Columbia University Press, Continuum, Cosmology Another extracted example is Animism → Abram, Alexander Charles Oughter, An Earthly Cosmology, Archaeology, Ashley, Becoming Animal, Berkeley, Bibcode, Bird-David, California Press, Changed, Charles Scribner's Sons, Co, Current Anthropology, Curtis, David, Dorling Kindersley, Enchantment, Encyclopædia Britannica, Environment. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 363 structured relationships around Animism. Examples in this analysis include Animism → is a → inverse of scientism and Animism → is a → wider and more inclusive term and that oral. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animism | is a | inverse of scientism | 0.90 | text |
| Animism | is a | wider and more inclusive term and that oral | 0.90 | text |
| Animism | part of | their core beliefs as demonstrated by the belief in Anito | 0.85 | text |
| words | instance of | Animism may further attribute a life force to abstract concepts | 0.80 | text |
| true names | instance of | Animism may further attribute a life force to abstract concepts | 0.80 | text |
| or metaphors in mythology | instance of | Animism may further attribute a life force to abstract concepts | 0.80 | text |
| the Aboriginal Australians are more typically totemic in their worldview | instance of | Certain indigenous religious groups | 0.80 | text |
| whereas others like the Inuit are more typically animistic | instance of | Certain indigenous religious groups | 0.80 | text |
| the Bodhi Tree | instance of | Indian religions worship trees | 0.80 | text |
| numerous superlative banyan trees | instance of | Indian religions worship trees | 0.80 | text |
| conserve the sacred groves of India | instance of | Indian religions worship trees | 0.80 | text |
| revere the rivers as sacred | instance of | Indian religions worship trees | 0.80 | text |
The concept neighborhoods around Animism bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Religious, Term and Spiritual. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Animism, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Animism with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Animism to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Religion, "New animism" definitions & Other usage, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Animism · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout