Definitions for: Totemism

[n] belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem

Webster (1913) Definition: To"tem*ism, n.
1. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a
tribe by the totem.

2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real
or imaginary object; nature worship. --Tylor.

See Also: belief