animism vs doctrine

animism and doctrine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animism	Yes	No	No	No
doctrine	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, doctrine is a hypernym of animism; that is, doctrine is a word with a broader meaning than animism:

animism: the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls
doctrine: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Other hypernyms of animism include ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought.

animism (noun)	doctrine (noun)
the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school