siderism
siderism noun: a former system of natural philosophy that posited relationships of inorganic phenomena to organic phenomena and studied pendulums, magnets, and dowsing rods; developed by Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810) and others.
Noun (1)
siderism (uncountable)
- A former system of natural philosophy that posited relationships of inorganic phenomena to organic phenomena and studied pendulums, magnets, and dowsing rods; developed by Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810) and others.
- You’d think such a momentous finding [the discovery of ultraviolet light] would have elevated Ritter to the status of Herschel. It didn’t. First Ritter continued his habit of embedding his findings in the language of polarities and soul, the Naturphilosophie tenets of “oneness between nature and...2017, Bob Berman, Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 51
Noun (2)
siderism (uncountable)
- The supposed curative effects of metals upon the body, in metallotherapy; metallotherapy itself.
Origin of siderism
From sidero- (“star-related”) + -ism.
From sidero- (“iron-related”) + -ism.
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Questions about siderism
- What does siderism mean?
- Siderism means a former system of natural philosophy that posited relationships of inorganic phenomena to organic phenomena and studied pendulums, magnets, and dowsing rods; developed by Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810) and others.
- What part of speech is siderism?
- Siderism is a noun.
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