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Totem
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(totems) 1. In some societies, a family’s totem is the particular animal, plant, or natural object which they regard as a special symbol and which they believe has spiritual significance. N-COUNT 2. Something that is a totem of another thing is a symbol of it. (WRITTEN) This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation. N-COUNT: oft N of n
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noun Etymology: Ojibwa oto•te•man his ~ Date: circa 1776 1. a. an object (as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry; also a usually carved or painted representation of such an object b. a family or clan identified by a common ~ic object 2. one that serves as an emblem or revered symbol ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a natural object, esp. an animal, adopted by North American Indians as an emblem of a clan or an individual. 2 an image of this. Phrases and idioms totem-pole 1 a pole on which totems are carved or hung. 2 a hierarchy. Derivatives totemic adj. totemism n. totemist n. totemistic adj. Etymology: Algonquian ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~ n an animal, plant etc that is thought to have a special spiritual connection with a particular tribe, especially in North America, or a figure made to look like the animal etc - totemic adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1760, from Algonquian (probably Ojibwa) ototeman "his sibling kin, his group or family," hence, "his family mark;" also 1609 in form aoutem among the Micmacs or other Indians of Nova Scotia. Totem pole is 1808, in reference to west coast Canadian Indians. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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