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psychicism

psychicism noun: the study of psychic ability.

Noun

psychicism (uncountable)

  1. The study of psychic ability.
  2. Psychic ability.
    • They apparently have a theory that the indefinable psychic gift that they call magic, and which we might designate "psychicism", can be acquired by accosting the soul of a murdered man in a burial ground at midnight.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178

Origin of psychicism

From psychic + -ism.

Questions about psychicism

What does psychicism mean?
Psychicism means the study of psychic ability.
What part of speech is psychicism?
Psychicism is a noun.

Words near psychicism in the dictionary

  1. psychic surgery
  2. psychic vampire
  3. psychic vampires
  4. psychical
  5. psychically
  6. psychicism
  7. psychicist
  8. psychicists
  9. psychicity
  10. psychicly
  11. psychicness

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