单词 | goblinism |
释义 | goblinismn. The existence or goblins or (more widely) magical powers; belief in this. Also (Social Anthropology): a primitive belief in (the influence of) ghosts, spirits, and other supernatural creatures. ΚΠ 1810 C. O'Conor Columbanus ad Hibernos: Pt. 1 p. viii A belief in goblinism, witchcraft, fabulous miracles, and legendary tales. 1842 Father Connell xviiii, in Brother Jonathan 25 June Suppl. p. xxxii There was no witchcraft nor goblinism in the matter. 1873 Contemp. Rev. 22 453 The nursery goblinism, grotesquerie, and allegoric wire-drawing, which are present in the Divine Comedy. 1906 W.G. Sumner Folkways 26 The faith in goblinism produced other-worldly interests which overruled ordinary-worldly interests. 1945 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 10 343/2 The disappearance of animistic goblinism and its derivatives, and the development of natural science methods and modes of thinking. 2002 T. MacEvilley Shape Anc. Thought ix. 231 The A'jivikas were associated with sorcery and goblinism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1810 |
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