spiritistic
UK/spɪɹɪˈtɪstɪk/
spiritistic adjective: of or pertaining to, or associated, dealing, concerned, or connected with, spiritism (a.k.a. modern spiritualism); spiritualistic.
Adjective
spiritistic (comparative more spiritistic, superlative most spiritistic)
- Of or pertaining to, or associated, dealing, concerned, or connected with, spiritism (a.k.a. modern spiritualism); spiritualistic.
- That spiritistic ‘literature’ which has led astray…so many weak and impressionable minds.1867, England’s Leader, 15th June 1867 issue, page 333, column 1
- The only perfectly ascertained fact of spiritistic science is the rap.1880, William Dean Howells, chapter 4, in The Undiscovered Country, page 70
Examples of spiritistic in a sentence
- New support for unfounded spiritualistic and spiritistic chimeras.1898, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 52, page 493:
- This holds in the most spiritistic of systems.1949, Horace Meyer Kallen, The Education of Free Men: An Essay Toward a Philosophy of Education for Americans, 2nd edition, Farrar, Straus...
Forms of spiritistic
| comparative | more spiritistic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most spiritistic |
Origin of spiritistic
From spirit + -istic.
Words that rhyme with spiritistic
- artistic
- autistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- ballistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- futuristic
- histic
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- holistic
- hypocoristic
- mystic
- optimistic
- activistic
- allistic
- altruistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hubristic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- supercalifragilistic
- surrealistic
- unartistic
Questions about spiritistic
- What does spiritistic mean?
- Spiritistic means of or pertaining to, or associated, dealing, concerned, or connected with, spiritism (a.k.a. modern spiritualism); spiritualistic.
- How do you use spiritistic in a sentence?
- New support for unfounded spiritualistic and spiritistic chimeras.
- What part of speech is spiritistic?
- Spiritistic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce spiritistic?
- Spiritistic is pronounced /spɪɹɪˈtɪstɪk/ (UK).
Words near spiritistic in the dictionary
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