D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Totemism

· To·tem·ism · IPA /ˈtoʊtəmɪzəm/
01 n. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem.
  1. 1.
    The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem.
  2. 2.
    Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship.