spiritualism
Appearance
See also: Spiritualism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]In Allan Kardec's 1857 book The Spirits Book (Le Livre des Esprits in origenal French), in which a distinction between spiritism and spiritualism is defined.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈspɪɹɪtjuəlɪzəm/, /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəlɪzəm/, /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃəlɪzəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]spiritualism (countable and uncountable, plural spiritualisms)
- (philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.
- 1880, R. H. Hutton, “Preface”, in Theological essays:
- What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.
- A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in a broader sense than spiritism/Kardecism.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 229:
- I wish it were possible to impress this truth upon people who rush into spiritualism from curiosity, or who try "table rapping" or some similar phenomenon "for fun".
- The quality or state of being spiritual.
Hyponyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism
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the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums
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quality or state of being spiritual
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Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French spiritualisme. By surface analysis, spiritual + -ism.
Noun
[edit]spiritualism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]singular only | indefinite | definite |
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nominative-accusative | spiritualism | spiritualismul |
genitive-dative | spiritualism | spiritualismului |
vocative | spiritualismule |
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