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shamanistic

shamanistic adjective: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.

Adjective

shamanistic (comparative more shamanistic, superlative most shamanistic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.
    • From Christ to the Fisher King of the Grail legends, the man suffering from a magical wound is no ordinary man; he is the man who has transcended the duality of sexuality, the man with a vulva, the shamanistic androgyne.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 109
    • There are an estimated 300 shamanistic temples within an hour of Seoul’s bustling city center, and in them, shamans perform their clamorous ceremonies every day.2007 July 7, Choe Sang-Hun, “Shamanism Enjoys Revival in Techno-Savvy South Korea”, in New York Times

Forms of shamanistic

comparativemore shamanistic
superlativemost shamanistic

Origin of shamanistic

From shaman + -istic.

Words formed from shamanistic

Questions about shamanistic

What does shamanistic mean?
Shamanistic means of, pertaining to, or characteristic of shamanism.
What part of speech is shamanistic?
Shamanistic is an adjective.

Words near shamanistic in the dictionary

  1. shamanish
  2. shamanising
  3. shamanism
  4. shamanisms
  5. shamanist
  6. shamanistic
  7. shamanistically
  8. shamanists
  9. shamanize
  10. shamanized
  11. shamanizes

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