An'i-mĭsm, n.
n. [Fr. animisme, from Lat. anima. See ANIMAL.] (Philos.) The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.
n. [Fr. animisme, from Lat. anima. See ANIMAL.] (Philos.) The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.