"Anito" is a word in TAGALOG, ILOKANO, HILIGAYNON
n. spirit, ghost of ancestor; superstition. v. /AG-/ to worship the ancestral spirits. Saan mo nga patien dagiti aganito. Don’t believe those who worship the ancestral spirits.
aníto - Superstitious practices, ceremonies
and sacrifices; to make use of or perform
superstitious rites. Indì ka magpáti sináng
mga aníto nga walâ sing naigoán. Don’t
believe in those superstitious practices that
are so nonsensical. Ginanitóhan níla siá.
He was subjected by them to superstitious
rites. (cf. diwáta, babáylan, diósdíos).
anito
Definition: (noun) deity, idol
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship.
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