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SPIRITUALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Concern with things of the spirit
Synonyms:
otherworldliness; spiritism; spiritualism; spirituality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("spiritualism" is a kind of...):
internality; inwardness (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values))
Derivation:
spiritualist (someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("spiritualism" is a kind of...):
belief (any cognitive content held as true)
Domain member category:
ectoplasm ((spiritualism) a substance supposed to emanate from the body of the medium during a trance)
Derivation:
spiritualist (someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead)
spiritualistic (of or relating to or connected with spiritualism)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("spiritualism" is a kind of...):
theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)
Derivation:
spiritualistic (of or relating to or connected with spiritualism)
