spiritistic
Etymology
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Etymology
From spirit + -istic.
Pronunciation Adjectivespiritistic
- Of or pertaining to, or associated, dealing, concerned, or connected with, spiritism (a.k.a. modern spiritualism); spiritualistic.
- 1867, England’s Leader?, 15th June 1867 issue, page 333, column 1
- That spiritistic ‘literature’ which has led astray…so many weak and impressionable minds.
- 1880, William Dean Howells, chapter 4, in The Undiscovered Country, page 70:
- The only perfectly ascertained fact of spiritistic science is the rap.
- 1898, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 52, page 493:
- New support for unfounded spiritualistic and spiritistic chimeras.
- 1867, England’s Leader?, 15th June 1867 issue, page 333, column 1
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