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nahualism

noun

Etymology

From nahual + -ism. The first element is from Nahuatl nahualli (“sorcerer, spirit, animal form a person may take”).

  1. derived from nāhualli
  2. borrowed from nahual
  3. suffixed as nahualism — “nahual + ism”

Definitions

  1. The Mesoamerican belief that certain human beings can transform into animals.

The neighborhood

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