ancestorism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English ancestor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ancestorism From ancestor + -ism. Compare atavism, whose formation in French (before English borrowed it) had underlying parallel.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The emphasis of the importance of one's foremothers, forefathers or lineage: their veneration (in a nonreligious sense).
- (uncountable) Ancestor worship.
Synonyms
Translations (3)
pl kult przodków (emphasis of the importance of one's lineage) · pt ancestralismo (emphasis of the importance of one's lineage) · ko 조상숭배 (emphasis of the importance of one's lineage)