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mysticism

mys·ti·cism
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mis-tuh-siz-uh m]
    • /ˈmɪs təˌsɪz əm/
    • /ˈmɪs.tɪ.sɪ.zəm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mis-tuh-siz-uh m]
    • /ˈmɪs təˌsɪz əm/

Definitions of mysticism word

  • noun mysticism the beliefs, ideas, or mode of thought of mystics. 1
  • noun mysticism a doctrine of an immediate spiritual intuition of truths believed to transcend ordinary understanding, or of a direct, intimate union of the soul with God through contemplation or ecstasy. 1
  • noun mysticism obscure thought or speculation. 1
  • noun mysticism Belief that union with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or the spiritual apprehension of knowledge inaccessible to the intellect, may be attained through contemplation and self-surrender. 1
  • noun mysticism belief in spirits 1
  • uncountable noun mysticism Mysticism is a religious practice in which people search for truth, knowledge, and closeness to God through meditation and prayer. 0

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Origin of mysticism

First appearance:

before 1730
One of the 48% newest English words
First recorded in 1730-40; mystic + -ism

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Parts of speech for Mysticism

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mysticism popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Synonyms for mysticism

noun mysticism

  • pietism — a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy.
  • spiritualism — the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
  • cabalism — a mystical philosophical doctrine based on the doctrines of the cabala
  • cabala — a Jewish mystical movement based on a symbolic interpretation of the Scriptures: it flourished from the end of the 12th cent.
  • quietism — a form of religious mysticism taught by Molinos, a Spanish priest, in the latter part of the 17th century, requiring extinction of the will, withdrawal from worldly interests, and passive meditation on God and divine things; Molinism.

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