Animism
Animism noun - The doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls.
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Polytheism and animism are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Polytheism" instead a noun "Animism".
Polytheism
Polytheism noun - Belief in multiple gods.
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Nearby Word: polytheistic
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