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totemic, a.|təʊˈtɛmɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a totem or totems; characterized by or having totems.
1846H. R. Schoolcraft Notes on Iroquois 79 It will be necessary to go back, and examine..the curious and intricate principles of the Totemic Bond. 1865Lubbock Preh. Times xiv. (1878) 528 The totemic tie that binds relationships together. 1867Parkman Jesuits N. Amer. Introd. (1875) 68 The names of the totemic clans, borrowed in nearly every case from animals. 1885Clodd Myths & Dr. i. vi. 99 The belief of the Moquis of Arizona, that after death they live in the form of their totemic animal. 1905Athenæum 21 Jan. 87/1 Mr. Haddon derives totemic names from such surnames as ‘Eaters of Turtle’. 1906Ibid. 17 Mar. 332 There are many tabous on food which are certainly not totemic in origin.
Hence toˈtemically adv., in reference to totems or totemism; after the manner of a totem.
1902Folk-Lore Dec. 373 Two cases in which Australian totem-groups averred that they were named totemically after a small species of opossum. 1910Athenæum 11 June 707/3 We may regard Africa, totemically speaking, as an unexplored continent. |