ANIMISM

n. A?n’i2-mi2zm. Lat., animism us (from animus ‘akin to äveuos, wind]. the soul). Fr.,animis me. Ger., Animism us, {t.,Sp.,animismo. The doctrine which considers the soul (a umed to be an isolable entity) to be the cause of every vital phenomenon, whether in health or in disease. [A, 385; K; L.] Stahl is credited with this doctrine, but some deny that he taught it. [D, 95; K.]