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spiritualism

noun
/ˈspɪɹɪtjuəlɪzəm/

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-der.? 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 *-íďďō 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.

  1. derived from -ism English spiritualism From spiritual + -ism
  2. derived from spirituelbor
  3. derived from *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder✻
  4. derived from spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der

Definitions

  1. A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the…

    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.

  2. A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in…

    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".

  3. The quality or state of being spiritual.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A belief that spirits of the dead have both the ability and the inclination to…

      A belief that spirits of the dead have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living, providing useful knowledge about moral and ethical issues, as well as about the nature of God.

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Derived

antispiritualism, conspiritualism, spiritualist

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