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adjective
Date: 1846
1. of, relating to, suggestive of, or characteristic of a totem or totemism <a totemic animal> 2. based on or practicing totemism <totemic clan structure>
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totemic
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totemic — TOTÉMIC, Ă, totemici, ce, adj. Care aparţine unui totem, privitor la totem sau la totemism. – Din fr. totémique. Trimis de LauraGellner, 28.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 totémic adj. m., pl. totémici; f. sg. totémică, p … Dicționar Român
Totemic — To*tem ic, a. Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
totemic — totem ► NOUN ▪ a natural object or animal believed by a particular society to have spiritual significance and adopted by it as an emblem. DERIVATIVES totemic adjective. ORIGIN Ojibwa … English terms dictionary
totemic — adjective relating to totemism (Freq. 1) totemic object • Pertains to noun: ↑totemism • Derivationally related forms: ↑totemism, ↑totem … Useful english dictionary
totemic — See totem. * * * … Universalium
totemic — adjective Serving as a totem … Wiktionary
totèmic — to|tè|mic Mot Pla Adjectiu variable … Diccionari Català-Català
totemic — adj. of or pertaining to totems, pertaining to carved wooden statues of gods of Native American tribes; pertaining to or based on totemism … English contemporary dictionary
totemic — to·tem·ic … English syllables
totem — totemic /toh tem ik/, adj. totemically, adv. /toh teuhm/, n. 1. a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group. 2. an object or natural phenomenon with which a family or sib considers … Universalium
