Definitions for totemism

totemism to·tem·ism

Spelling: [toh-tuh-miz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈtoʊ təˌmɪz əm/

Totemism is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 181 anagrams from letters in totemism (eimmostt).

Definitions for totemism

noun

  1. the practice of having totems.
  2. the system of tribal division according to totems.

Origin of totemism

An Americanism dating back to 1785-95; totem + -ism

Examples for totemism

We may now return to the consideration of "otemism" or totemism.

totemism has not come to man fully equipped in all its parts.

We have, in point of fact, discovered the datum line of totemism.

See the authorities cited by Frazer in totemism and Exogamy.

That the two latter are associated, is proven also by the history of totemism.

Hence Animism, totemism, and their numerous subsidiary developments.

It may, too, have been connected with the totemism of early tribes.

Where there is no totemism the question of union, of course, does not come up.

In Central Australia there is a marked difference in the form of totemism.

He traces all forms of totemism back to conception totemism.

Word Value for totemism
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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