shamanism

noun

sha·man·ism ˈshä-mə-ˌni-zəm

ˈshā-mə-,

also shə-ˈmä-

: a religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive only to the shamans

also : any similar religion

shamanist

ˈshä-mə-nist

ˈshā-mə-

also shə-ˈmä-

noun

shamanistic

ˌshä-mə-ˈni-stik

ˌshā-mə-

adjective

Examples of shamanism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The unusually public and hostile feud — which has included allegations of plagiarism, chart rigging and shamanism — has led to hundreds of millions of dollars being wiped off Hybe’s market value. —

Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 12 May 2024 The Ram Dass lectures took their place in his library of unorthodox thinkers, which had long embraced Ralph Abraham, a professor of mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, who was not only an expert on chaos theory and psychedelic shamanism but had spent a good deal of time living in a cave in the Himalayas. —

Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024 In the 21st century, the dramatic changes of the modern world in such a traditional society have inspired a revival of shamanism. —

Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024 In addition to her artistic journey, Fae has been studying forms of shamanism for nearly a decade. —

Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shamanism

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