TOTEMISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does totemism mean? 

• TOTEMISM (noun)
  The noun TOTEMISM has 1 sense:

1. belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem

  Familiarity information: TOTEMISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOTEMISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("totemism" is a kind of...):

belief (any cognitive content held as true)

Derivation:

totemic (relating to totemism)