Totemism

noun

1. A belief in totems or in kinship through common affiliation to a totem.
2. The practice of establishing affiliation through totems.
3. The system of tribal subdivision denoted by totems; the use of totems, with all the social and religious observances connected with them; the constitution of society as marked by these observances.
4. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem.
5. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship.