totemy

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noun

The use of totems within a culture.

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Meanings

nountotemy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe use of totems within a culture.

    I cannot say whether these tales have been invented to fit the existing totems, or whether totemy and these fables have had a simultaneous growth.

    1889, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, page 53
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APA

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Chicago

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