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totem [ˈtəʊtəm] n
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (in some societies, esp among North American Indians) an object, species of animal or plant, or natural phenomenon symbolizing a clan, family, etc., often having ritual associations 2. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a representation of such an object [from Ojibwa nintōtēm mark of my family] totemic [təʊˈtɛmɪk] adj totemically adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations totem n → Totem nt n totem [ˈtoutəm] (an image of) an animal or plant used as the badge or sign of a tribe, among North American Indians etc. totem طوطم: حَيوان أو نَبات كَرَمْز مُقَدَّس тотем totem totem das Totem τοτέμ tótem tootem حیوان یا شی که نماد قبیله بوده است؛ توتم toteemi totem טוֹטֵם गण चिन्ह totem totem totem tótem totem トーテム像 토템 (북미 인디언이 씨족, 가족의 상징이라고 여기는 자연물, 특히 동물 들) 토템 totemas totēms totem totem totem(bilde) totem totem totem тотем totem totem totem totem รูปสลักบนเสา totem 圖騰 тотем ايک قسم کے جانور يا پودے کي تصوير جو امريکي قبائل ميں نشان کے طور پر استعمال کي جاتي ہے vật tổ 图腾 totem pole a large wooden pole on which totems are carved and painted. totempaal عَمود مَنْحوت مُزَيَّن بِرُسوم طوطميَّه тотемен стълб totem totempæl der Totempfahl στύλος τοτέμ tótem tootemipuu ستون توتم toteemipaalu totem עָמוּד טוֹטֵם गण चिह्न स्तंभ totemski stup totemoszlop tiang totem tótemsúla totem トーテムポール 토템상을 단청한 기둥 totemo stulpas totēmstabs tiang totem totempaal totempæl słup totemiczny totem stâlp totemic тотемный столб totem totemski steber totemski stub totempåle เสาแกะสลัก totem direği 圖騰柱 тотемний стовп ايسا ستون جس پر اس جانور کي تصوير کندہ ہو cột gỗ cao khắc các hình vật tổ 图腾柱 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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America clan emblem kin group kindred kinship group Loups low man modern-day moderne neo nonmodern red-brick status the States Tlinkit totem pole totemism Totemist | They have their individual totemistic object, tjuringa, which is the heart of their individual and collective identity to be confirmed in repeated dancing and singing; he has his creative work to reiterate, now as The Songlines, which is confirmed as a valid performance when we engage in active reading. Injury, suspension and, in one instance, team selection, have all deprived the Australian team at various times of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, but this is the first match in which they have to contemplate the reality of life without two bowlers whose achievements gave them totemistic status. It would also explain why Mitchell has trouble claiming the totem status of Antony Gormley's monolith statues, and why he reveals in a throwaway footnote that he prefers the idolatrous concerts of the self-contained Bob Dylan over the communal concerts of the totemistic Bruce Spring-steen. |
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