Shamanism Definition

shämə-nĭzəm, shā-
noun
The religion of certain peoples, esp. some indigenous to N Asia, based on a belief in good and evil spirits who can be influenced only by the shamans.
Webster's New World
A similar religion or set of beliefs, especially among certain Native American peoples.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • Asian shamanism
pronoun
A range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
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Other Word Forms of Shamanism

Noun

Singular:
shamanism
Plural:
shamanisms

Origin of Shamanism

  • shaman +"Ž -ism

    From Wiktionary

Shamanism Sentence Examples

  • The popular cult is, however, the propitiation of demons, a modification of the Shamanism of northern Asia.

  • Properly speaking, however, there is nothing to distinguish Shamanism from the religions of other peoples in a similar stage of culture.

  • The Mordvinians are nearly all Orthodox Greek, as also are the Votyaks, Voguls, Cheremisses and Chuvashes, but their religions are, in reality, modifications of Shamanism under the influence of some Christian and Moslem beliefs.

  • In the second place, the Mongols of the 13th century were not as yet, in any great numbers, Mahommedans; the official religion was "Shamanism," but in the Mongol army there were many Christians, the results of early Nestorian missions to the far East.

  • Psychoanalysis and shamanism But might psychoanalysis be akin to faith healing or shamanic ritual?

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