Totemism: A primitive social system in which members of a clan reckoned kinship through their mothers, and worshiped some animal or plant which they regarded as their ancestor and the image of which they bore tattooed on their persons. Maclennan (in ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
Totemism: Derived from the term "ototeman" in the Ojibwe language, meaning "brother-sister kin," Totemism is an aspect of religious belief centered upon the veneration of sacred objects called totems. A totem is any animal, plant, or other object, natural or ... [100%] 2023-02-04
Totemism: Derived from the term "ototeman" in the Ojibwe language, meaning "brother-sister kin," Totemism is an aspect of religious belief centered upon the veneration of sacred objects called totems. A totem is any animal, plant, or other object, natural or ... [100%] 2023-02-04
Totemism: TOTEMISM to'-tem-iz'-m: How far the belief in totems and totemistic relationships existed in early Israel cannot be discussed at length here. Evidence of the belief in deified animal ancestors is supposed by some writers to be found ... [100%] 1915-01-01
Totemism: The word " totem " is used in too many varying senses by students of early society and religion. The term came into the English language in the form of " totam," through a work of 1791, by J. Long, an interpreter between ... [100%] 2022-09-02
Tokenism: Tokenism is the practice of using a member of a minority group in order to "prove" how "progressive and forward-thinking" your organization is. For instance, Alan Keyes was the Republican Party's "token black" and would still be if ... [75%] 2023-11-03 [Racism]
Tokenism: Tokenism is the practice of making only a perfunctory or symbolic effort to be inclusive to members of minority groups, especially by recruiting people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of racial or gender equality within a ... (Making a perfunctory or symbolic effort towards including minority groups) [75%] 2024-11-05 [Affirmative action] [Ethnicity in politics]...
Totems (video game): Totems (officially TOTEMS) is a cancelled video game for the Xbox 360 and PC developed by 10Tacle Studios Belgium. Totems is a 3D platformer for the Xbox 360 and PC. (Video game) [66%] 2023-08-18 [Cancelled Windows games] [Cancelled Xbox 360 games]...
Parnaby Totems: Two bushfire awareness totems were carved by forester David Parnaby in about 1951. They sat outside the Noorinbee office of the Forests Commission Victoria (FCV) until the mid-1960s before being moved to a new office at nearby Cann River. (Two bushfire awareness totems) [47%] 2024-05-20 [Forestry agencies in Australia]