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Totemism – a system of belief in which humans are said to have kinship or a mystical relationship with a spirit-being, such as an animal or plant; the belief that humans are descended from animals, plants and other natural objects; belief in totems or in kinship through common affiliation to a totem; the practice of establishing affiliation through totems; belief in totems and totemic relationships; the use of totems to distinguish kin or descent groups; social customs based on this.