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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 an·i·mism /ˈænəˌmɪzəm/
 萬物有靈論

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 an·i·mism /ˈænəˌmɪzəm/ 名詞
 靈氣說,泛靈論

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 An·i·mism n.
 1. The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.
 2. The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 animism
      n : the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe
          itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive
          peoples"