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The Definition and Bias of Animism
Animism is defined as the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena./nThe use of the word inanimate in the definition of animism highlights an inherent bias./nCategorizing people as animist requires a pre-existing worldview assuming everything is inanimate./nBelieving that the world is animate within an inherently inanimate world implies an abstract belief system.