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pseudo-spiritual

pseu·do-spir·it·u·al
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [soo-doh spir-i-choo-uh l]
    • /ˈsu doʊ ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [soo-doh spir-i-choo-uh l]
    • /ˈsu doʊ ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əl/

Definitions of pseudo-spiritual word

  • adjective pseudo-spiritual of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal. 1
  • adjective pseudo-spiritual of or relating to the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature: a spiritual approach to life. 1
  • adjective pseudo-spiritual closely akin in interests, attitude, outlook, etc.: the professor's spiritual heir in linguistics. 1
  • adjective pseudo-spiritual of or relating to spirits or to spiritualists; supernatural or spiritualistic. 1
  • adjective pseudo-spiritual characterized by or suggesting predominance of the spirit; ethereal or delicately refined: She is more of a spiritual type than her rowdy brother. 1
  • adjective pseudo-spiritual of or relating to the spirit as the seat of the moral or religious nature. 1
See all 12 definitions of pseudo-spiritual

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Origin of pseudo-spiritual

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English < Medieval Latin spīrituālis, equivalent to Latin spīritu- (stem of spīritus spirit) + -ālis -al1

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Parts of speech for Pseudo-spiritual

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Pseudo-spiritual

pseudo-spiritual popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for pseudo-spiritual

adj pseudo-spiritual

  • alluvial — Alluvial soils are soils which consist of earth and sand left behind on land which has been flooded or where a river once flowed.
  • animalistic — If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they do not try to hide or control their basic feelings and physical needs.
  • banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
  • bodily — Your bodily needs and functions are the needs and functions of your body.
  • earthly — of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.

adjective pseudo-spiritual

  • arousing — causing sexual excitement
  • geotic — (obsolete) Belonging to earth; terrestrial.
  • irreligious — not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
  • material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
  • nonsacred — Not sacred.
All 13 Synonyms of pseudo-spiritual

Antonyms for pseudo-spiritual

adj pseudo-spiritual

  • asomatous — having no material body; incorporeal.
  • discarnate — without a physical body; incorporeal.

adjective pseudo-spiritual

All 3 Antonyms of pseudo-spiritual

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