ancestorism

English

Etymology

From ancestor +‎ -ism. Compare atavism, whose formation in French (before English borrowed it) had underlying parallel.

Noun

ancestorism (uncountable)

  2. The emphasis of the importance of one's foremothers, forefathers or lineage: their veneration (in a nonreligious sense).
    Synonym: ancestralism
  4. Ancestor worship.
    Synonym: ancestralism

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