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spiritualism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈspɪɹɪtjuəlɪzəm/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəlɪzəm/
• /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃəlɪzəm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English spiritualism From spiritual + -ism. In Allan Kardec's book The Spirits Book (1857) (Le Livre des Esprits in the original French), in which a distinction between spiritism and spiritualism is defined.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.
   • What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism. 1880, R. H. Hutton, “Preface”, in Theological essays:
2. (countable, uncountable) A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in a broader sense than spiritism.
   • 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". 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 229:
3. (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being spiritual.

Forms

Deriveds

antispiritualism · Xpiritualism · conspiritualism · spiritualist

Hyponyms

belief that dead communicate with the living

Translations (34)

hi अध्यात्मवाद (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · pt espiritismo (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · ja 心霊主義 (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · tl pagkamakadiwa (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · gl espiritualismo (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · es espiritualismo (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · ru спиритуали́зм (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · pt espiritualismo (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · es espiritismo (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · pt espiritualismo (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · ru спирити́зм (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · de Spiritualismus (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · vo spirutim (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · is spíritismi (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · fr spiritualisme (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · tl diwakuro (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · ru духо́вность (quality or state of being spiritual) · fr spiritisme (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · ru спиритуали́зм (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · it spiritismo (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · hi आत्मवाद (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · ja 唯心論 (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · is spíritismi (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · es espiritualismo (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · de Spiritismus (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · ro spiritualism (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · fi spiritualismi (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · ro spiritualitate (quality or state of being spiritual) · cmn 心靈論 /心灵论 (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · fi spiritismi (the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums) · el σπιριτουαλισμός (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · it spiritualismo (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism) · fi henkisyys (quality or state of being spiritual) · ca espiritualisme (the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism)