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Animism vs Resistentialism - What's the difference?

animism | resistentialism | Hypernyms |

Resistentialism is a hypernym of animism.



As nouns the difference between animism and resistentialism

is that animism is a belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena while resistentialism is the belief that some inanimate objects exhibit malice toward humans.

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)

    resistentialism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia resistentialism) (-)
  • (label) The belief that some inanimate objects exhibit malice toward humans.

    • Related terms

    * resistentialist

    Hypernyms

    * animism English words suffixed with -ism