Etymology

nahualism

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Today it means: The Mesoamerican belief that certain human beings can transform into animals. Full definition →

Nahuatl nahualli
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The story

  1. Nahuatl · derived fromnahualli“sorcerer, spirit, animal form a person may take”
  2. English todaynahualism

From nahual + -ism. The first element is from Nahuatl nahualli (“sorcerer, spirit, animal form a person may take”).

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