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Totemite

What is a totemite? The dictionary definition of someone who follows totemism, why that definition is problematic, and whether a sociological definition exists.

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Dictionary Definition of Totemite:

Someone who follows the religion of totemism

(Note that totemism is not categorically a religion. This makes the dictionary definition problematic).

Academic Definitions of Totemite:

Beyond the dictionary definition we have been unable to locate another specific sociological definition. It may then be up to us to create one. Therefore, rather than assume religiosity, we propose the following:

An individual who engages in the rituals and practices of totemism

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