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TAcademic sociological definitions of totem, including Frazer's classic 1887 definition of a class of objects regarded with superstitious respect.
a class of material objects which a [individual] regards with superstitious respect, believing that there exists between him and every member of the class an intimate and altogether special relation
(Frazer, 1887: 1)
Frazer, J.G. (1887). Totemism. A.& C. Black.
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