Naturism vs Animism - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between naturism and animism

is that naturism is the belief in or practice of going nude or unclad in social and usually mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons while animism is a belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.

naturism

English

Noun

(head)
  • The belief in or practice of going nude or unclad in social and usually mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.
  • The belief or doctrine that attributes everything to nature as a sanative agent.

    • Synonyms

    * nudism

    Related terms

    * nature * naturist

    See also

    * naturalism

    External links

    * (wikipedia "naturism")

    animism

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena.
  • A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe.
  • (dated) A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit.

    • See also

    * ("animism" on Wikipedia)