animism vs ism

animism and ism both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

animism (noun)	ism (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