mysticism
Syllables: mys·ti·cism/ˈmɪs.tɪˌsɪz.əm/
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mysticism noun: the beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
Noun
mysticism (countable and uncountable, plural mysticisms)
- The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
- A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
- In the history of Christian mysticism the problem how to discriminate between such messages and experiences as were really divine miracles, and such others as the demon in his malice was able to counterfeit, thus making the religious person twofold more the child of hell he was before, has always...1902, William James, “Lecture I”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC
- A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
- Obscure thoughts and speculations.
mysticism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mysticism in Hindi
- रहस्यवाद, गूढवाद
mysticism in Tamil
- உள்ளுணர்வு
mysticism in Marathi
- गूढवाद, रहस्यवाद, गूढतावाद
mysticism in Urdu
- طریقت, تصوف
More languagesFewer languages
- mysticism in Bengali
- মরমীবাদ, আধ্যাত্মিক সাধনা, রহস্যবাদ
- mysticism in Malayalam
- യോഗാത്മകത്വം, രഹസ്യവാദം, നിഗൂഢാത്മകത്വം
- mysticism in Kannada
- ಯೋಗರಹಸ್ಯ, ಅಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಜ್ಞಾನ, ಅನುಭಾವ, ಅತೀಂದ್ರಿಯವಾದ
- mysticism in Punjabi
- تصوف tasavvuf
- mysticism in Gujarati
- રહસ્યવાદ, ગૂઢવાદ
- mysticism in Nepali
- रहस्यवाद, गूढवाद
- mysticism in Persian
- عرفان
- mysticism in Thai
- รหัสยลัทธิ
Examples of mysticism in a sentence
- We cannot but reject at heart its capricous mysticism, its violence, its arcanity.
- The opinion opposed to mysticism in philosophy is sometimes spoken of as rationalism.
- In sixteenth-century England the Protestant Church dropped the word ‘humanation’, but the German version, Menschwerdung, survived in Lutheran ‘wound mysticism’.
Antonyms of mysticism
Forms of mysticism
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Origin of mysticism
From mystic + -ism, from Old French mistique (“mysterious, full of mystery”), from Latin mysticus (“mystical, mystic, of secret rites”), from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated, initiate”) from μῡ́ω (mū́ō, “to close one's lips or eyes; initiate into the mysteries”). Compare Asturian misticismu, Catalan misticisme, French mysticisme, German Mystizismus, Italian misticismo, Portuguese misticismo, Sicilian misticisimu, Spanish misticismo.
Words formed from mysticism
Questions about mysticism
- What does mysticism mean?
- Mysticism means the beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
- What is mysticism in Hindi?
- Mysticism in Hindi is रहस्यवाद, गूढवाद. See Mysticism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mysticism?
- Mysticism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mysticism?
- Mysticism is pronounced /ˈmɪs.tɪˌsɪz.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mysticism?
- The plural of mysticism is mysticisms.
Words near mysticism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mysticism (page history and authors); mysticism (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mysticism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mysticism (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mysticism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mysticism (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mysticism (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mysticism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تصوف (Punjabi) (page history and authors); mysticism (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mysticism (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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