shamanism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes)
noun an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans

From shaman + -ism.

The practice is as widespread as the performance of the medicine-man or shaman, though not invariably an accompaniment of so-called shamanism or kindred performances: for example the Arunta have medicine-men but do not practise the couvade, the Basque people have couvade but no medicine-man. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen

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