Meanings
nounshamanism (countable and uncountable, plural shamanisms)
plural shamanisms
- countableuncountableAny of a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
Similar
Asian shamanism
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Tungusic*samān
- Evenkiсама̄н (samān)
- Russianшама́н (šamán)
- GermanSchamane
- Englishshaman
- Englishshamanism
Translations
Afrikaans sjamanisme
- sjamanismerange of traditional beliefs
Arabic شَامَانِيَّة
- شَامَانِيَّة (šāmāniyya)range of traditional beliefs
Basque xamanismo
- xamanismorange of traditional beliefs
Bulgarian шамани́зъм
- шамани́зъм (šamanízăm)range of traditional beliefs
Catalan xamanisme
- xamanismerange of traditional beliefs
Chinese Cantonese 薩滿教 /萨满教
- 薩滿教 /萨满教 (saat³ mun⁵ gaau³)range of traditional beliefs
Chinese Mandarin 薩滿教 /萨满教
- 薩滿教 /萨满教 (sàmǎnjiào)range of traditional beliefs
Czech šamanismus
- šamanismusrange of traditional beliefs
Danish shamanisme
- shamanismerange of traditional beliefs
Dutch sjamanisme
- sjamanismerange of traditional beliefs
Esperanto ŝamanismo
- ŝamanismorange of traditional beliefs
Estonian šamanism
- šamanismrange of traditional beliefs
Finnish šamanismi, shamanismi
- šamanismirange of traditional beliefs
- shamanismirange of traditional beliefs
French chamanisme
- chamanismerange of traditional beliefs
German Schamanismus
- Schamanismusrange of traditional beliefs
Greek σαμανισμός
- σαμανισμός (samanismós)range of traditional beliefs
Hindi शैमेनिज़्म, शैमेनिज्म
- शैमेनिज़्म (śaimenizma)range of traditional beliefs
- शैमेनिज्म (śaimenijma)range of traditional beliefs
Hungarian sámánizmus
- sámánizmusrange of traditional beliefs
Irish seamanachas
- seamanachasrange of traditional beliefs
Italian sciamanesimo
- sciamanesimorange of traditional beliefs
Japanese シャーマニズム, 巫術
- シャーマニズム (shāmanizumu)range of traditional beliefs
- 巫術 (fujutsu)range of traditional beliefs
Korean 샤머니즘
- 샤머니즘 (syameonijeum)range of traditional beliefs
Persian شمنباوری
- شمنباوری (šaman-bâvari)range of traditional beliefs
Polish szamanizm
- szamanizmrange of traditional beliefs
Portuguese xamanismo
- xamanismorange of traditional beliefs
Romanian șamanism
- șamanismrange of traditional beliefs
Russian шамани́зм
- шамани́зм (šamanízm)range of traditional beliefs
Slovak šamanizmus
- šamanizmusrange of traditional beliefs
Spanish chamanismo
- chamanismorange of traditional beliefs
Swedish schamanism
- schamanismrange of traditional beliefs
Tagalog shamanismo
- shamanismorange of traditional beliefs
Turkish şamanizm, kamlık
- şamanizmrange of traditional beliefs
- kamlıkrange of traditional beliefs
Ukrainian шамані́зм, шама́нство
- шамані́зм (šamanízm)range of traditional beliefs
- шама́нство (šamánstvo)range of traditional beliefs
Urdu شمن پرستی
- شمن پرستی (śaman prastī)range of traditional beliefs
Vietnamese Saman giáo
- Saman giáorange of traditional beliefs
Welsh siamaniaeth
- siamaniaethrange of traditional beliefs
Cite this entry
APA
shamanism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shamanism
MLA
“shamanism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shamanism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shamanism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shamanism.
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