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<blockquote>Animism in the narrower sense is the theory of psychic concepts, and in the wider sense, of spiritual beings in general. Animatism, the animation theory of seemingly inanimate nature, is a further subdivision which also includes animatism and animism. The name animism, formerly applied to a definite philosophic system, seems to have acquired its present meaning through E. B. Taylor.<ref>{{T&T}} Ch. 3</ref></blockquote>
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<blockquote>Animism in the narrower [[sense]] is the [[theory]] of [[psychic]] [[concepts]], and in the wider sense, of spiritual beings in general. [[Animatism]], the animation theory of seemingly inanimate [[nature]], is a further subdivision which also includes animatism and animism. The [[name]] animism, formerly applied to a definite philosophic [[system]], seems to have acquired its [[present]] [[meaning]] through E. B. Taylor.<ref>{{T&T}} Ch. 3</ref></blockquote>
  
 
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Animism in the narrower sense is the theory of psychic concepts, and in the wider sense, of spiritual beings in general. Animatism, the animation theory of seemingly inanimate nature, is a further subdivision which also includes animatism and animism. The name animism, formerly applied to a definite philosophic system, seems to have acquired its present meaning through E. B. Taylor.[1]