The state before the animism was called "pre-animism," and a similar concept was also referred to as "animatism," "vitalism," "dynamism," and so on.
そのアニミズム以前の状態をプレアニミズム(pre-animism)と呼び、同様の概念はアニマティズム（animatism）、ヴァイタリズム（vitalism）、ダイナミズム（dynamism）などとも称された。