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spiritism

spiritism noun: spiritualism. Also the alternative letter-case form of Spiritism.

Noun

spiritism (countable and uncountable, plural spiritisms)

  1. Spiritualism.

Proper noun capitalized: Spiritism

Spiritism

  1. A philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid nineteenth century, postulating that humans are essentially immortal spirits that temporarily inhabit physical bodies, and may have influence on the physical world.

Also used as

spiritism is also the alternative letter-case form of Spiritism.

Forms of spiritism

pluralspiritisms

Origin of spiritism

From spirit + -ism.

From spirit + -ism. Calque of French spiritisme.

Questions about spiritism

What does spiritism mean?
Spiritism means spiritualism.
What part of speech is spiritism?
Spiritism can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of spiritism?
The plural of spiritism is spiritisms.

Words near spiritism in the dictionary

  1. spiriting
  2. spiriting away
  3. spiriting off
  4. spiritings
  5. spiritish
  6. spiritism
  7. spiritisms
  8. spiritist
  9. spiritistic
  10. spiritists
  11. spiritization

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