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pneumatism

pneumatism noun: spiritualism centred on the belief in the pneuma.

Noun

pneumatism (uncountable)

  1. Spiritualism centred on the belief in the pneuma.

Origin of pneumatism

From pneuma + -ism, with -t- like in other pneumat- words (pneumatology, pneumatic, etc) and like in other -tism words (dogmatism, etc).

Questions about pneumatism

What does pneumatism mean?
Pneumatism means spiritualism centred on the belief in the pneuma.
What part of speech is pneumatism?
Pneumatism is a noun.

Words near pneumatism in the dictionary

  1. pneumatique
  2. pneumatiques
  3. pneumatisation
  4. pneumatisations
  5. pneumatised
  6. pneumatism
  7. pneumatist
  8. pneumatists
  9. pneumatization
  10. pneumatizations
  11. pneumatize

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