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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024to•tem /ˈtoʊtəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anthropologya natural object or an animate being, or a drawing of such a thing, used as the emblem or symbol of a clan, etc., and treated with reverence.
to•tem•ic /toʊˈtɛmɪk/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024to•tem (tō′təm),USA pronunciation n. - a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group.
- an object or natural phenomenon with which a family or sib considers itself closely related.
- a representation of such an object serving as the distinctive mark of the clan or group.
- anything serving as a distinctive, often venerated, emblem or symbol.
- Ojibwa ninto·te·m my totem, oto·te·man his totem (probably origin, originally my clan-village-mate, derivative of stem o·te·- dwell in or as a village; compare o·te·na village)
- 1750–60,[American.];
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: totem /ˈtəʊtəm/ n - (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
- a representation of such an object
Etymology: 18th Century: from Ojibwa nintōtēm mark of my familytotemic /təʊˈtɛmɪk/ adj |