Totemic

Totemic
Totemic To*tem"ic, a. Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism. [1913 Webster]

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  • totemic — TOTÉMIC, Ă, totemici, ce, adj. Care aparţine unui totem, privitor la totem sau la totemism. – Din fr. totémique. Trimis de LauraGellner, 28.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  totémic adj. m., pl. totémici; f. sg. totémică, p …   Dicționar Român

  • totemic — adjective Date: 1846 1. of, relating to, suggestive of, or characteristic of a totem or totemism < a totemic animal > 2. based on or practicing totemism < totemic clan structure > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • totemic — totem ► NOUN ▪ a natural object or animal believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and adopted by it as an emblem. DERIVATIVES totemic adjective. ORIGIN Ojibwa …   English terms dictionary

  • totemic — adjective relating to totemism (Freq. 1) totemic object • Pertains to noun: ↑totemism • Derivationally related forms: ↑totemism, ↑totem …   Useful english dictionary

  • totemic — See totem. * * * …   Universalium

  • totemic — adjective Serving as a totem …   Wiktionary

  • totèmic — to|tè|mic Mot Pla Adjectiu variable …   Diccionari Català-Català

  • totemic — adj. of or pertaining to totems, pertaining to carved wooden statues of gods of Native American tribes; pertaining to or based on totemism …   English contemporary dictionary

  • totemic — to·tem·ic …   English syllables

  • totem — totemic /toh tem ik/, adj. totemically, adv. /toh teuhm/, n. 1. a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group. 2. an object or natural phenomenon with which a family or sib considers …   Universalium

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