animism vs school of thought

animism and school of thought both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animism	Yes	No	No	No
school of thought	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of animism include doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy.

animism (noun)	school of thought (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