A Marxian phrase for production in a nonsocialist society as, for. One who renounces the world and lives both a solitary and secluded life of prayer, penitence and meditation. The term usually refers to the period preceding the French Revolution of 1789. Animism , n. animistic , adj. The theory that all beings and objects have a soul.
Animism ascribes to all things of the universe the faculty of action, similar to that of man.
This policy encouraged people to flock to the cities where living was cheap and eventually necessitated heavy imports of grain. The belief that man is the center of all that is important and that the world exists solely for the benefit or improvement of mankind. The idea that ascribes to God, or a god, the characteristics of a human being. Contradiction of two principles deduced from premises considered to be equally valid. Antithesis , n. antithetic , adj.