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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…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| 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 |
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