Dictionary

mysticism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɪs.tɪˌsɪz.əm/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
• mĭs′tĭ-sĭz′əm
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /ˈməs.təˌsəz.əm/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From mystic + -ism, from Old French mistique (“mysterious, full of mystery”), from Latin mysticus (“mystical, mystic, of secret rites”), from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated, initiate”) from μῡ́ω (mū́ō, “to close one's lips or eyes; initiate into the mysteries”). Compare Asturian misticismu, Catalan misticisme, French mysticisme, German Mystizismus, Italian misticismo, Portuguese misticismo, Sicilian misticisimu, Spanish misticismo.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
2. (countable, uncountable) A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
   • In the history of Christian mysticism the problem how to discriminate between such messages and experiences as were really divine miracles, and such others as the demon in his malice was able to counterfeit, thus making the religious person twofold more the child of hell he was before, has always been a difficult one to solve, needing all the sagacity and experience of the best directors of conscience. 1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC:
3. (countable, uncountable) A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
4. (countable, uncountable) Obscure thoughts and speculations.

Forms

Antonyms

rationalism

Deriveds

quantum mysticism · synchromysticism

Translations (84)

gl misticismo (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · pt misticismo (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · tr mistisizm (obscure thoughts and speculations) · de Mystik (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · fi mystisismi (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · ru мистици́зм (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · tr gizemcilik (obscure thoughts and speculations) · tr gizemcilik (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · nn mystisisme (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · pt misticismo (obscure thoughts and speculations) · cmn 神秘主義 /神秘主义 (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · de Mystik (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · scn misticisimu (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · fr mysticisme (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · ru мистици́зм (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · nn mystikk (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · cmn 神秘主義 /神秘主义 (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · hy միստիցիզմ (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · ca misticisme (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · de Mystizismus (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · es misticismo (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · sh мистицизам (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · nb mystikk (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · sh мистицизам (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · sh misticizam (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · es misticismo (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · it misticismo (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · pl mistycyzm (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · nn mystikk (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · sh misticizam (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · tr mistisizm (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · pt misticismo (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · el μυστικισμός (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · el μυστικισμός (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · fa عرفان (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · pt misticismo (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · nb mystikk (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · nb mystisisme (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · tr mistisizm (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · cmn 神秘主義 /神秘主义 (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · de Mystik (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · bg мистицизъм (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · fi mystiikka (obscure thoughts and speculations) · tr mistisizm (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · sh misticizam (obscure thoughts and speculations) · oc misticisme (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · hy խորհրդապաշտություն (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · nb mystikk (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · it misticismo (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · sh мистицизам (obscure thoughts and speculations) · fi mystiikka (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · cmn 神秘主義 /神秘主义 (obscure thoughts and speculations) · uk містици́зм (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · eo mistikismo (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · el μυστικοπάθεια (obscure thoughts and speculations) · ja 神秘主義 (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · de Mystizismus (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · scn misticisimu (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · de Mystizismus (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · fi yhteys jumaluuteen (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · th รหัสยลัทธิ (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · sh мистицизам (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · scn misticisimu (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · pl mistycyzm (obscure thoughts and speculations) · yi מיסטיציזם (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · ru мистици́зм (obscure thoughts and speculations) · nn mystisisme (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · it misticismo (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · ca misticisme (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · nn mystikk (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · nb mystisisme (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · nb mystisisme (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · bg мистика (obscure thoughts and speculations) · sh misticizam (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · uk містици́зм (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · pl mistycyzm (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · he מִיסְטִיקָה (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · pl mistycyzm (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · tr gizemcilik (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · de Mystizismus (obscure thoughts and speculations) · uk містици́зм (beliefs and ideas of mystics) · ru мистици́зм (transcendental union of soul with the divinity) · tr gizemcilik (doctrine of direct communication of divine truth) · nn mystisisme (beliefs and ideas of mystics)