WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
spir•it•u•al•ist
(spir′i cho̅o̅ ə list),USA pronunciation n.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025- an adherent of spiritualism.
- a person who is concerned with or insists on the spiritual side of things.
- spiritual + -ist 1640–50
spir•it•u•al•ism /ˈspɪrɪtʃuəˌlɪzəm/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
spir•it•u•al•is•tic, adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- the belief that the spirits of the dead communicate with the living, esp. through a person (a medium).
- the practices or events associated with this belief.
spir•it•u•al•is•tic, adj.
spir•it•u•al•ism
(spir′i cho̅o̅ ə liz′əm),USA pronunciation n.
spir′it•u•al•is′tic, adj.
spir′it•u•al•is′ti•cal•ly, adv.
- the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, esp. through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
- the practices or phenomena associated with this belief.
- the belief that all reality is spiritual.
- Philosophy[Metaphys.]any of various doctrines maintaining that the ultimate reality is spirit or mind.
- spiritual quality or tendency.
- insistence on the spiritual side of things, as in philosophy or religion.
- spiritual + -ism 1825–35
spir′it•u•al•is′ti•cal•ly, adv.
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