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spookism

spookism noun: spooky or ghostly things; spookery.

Noun

spookism (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Spooky or ghostly things; spookery.
    • Can't you omit some spookism, which is simply "rot"? I feel like writing to your "spiritual" friends to spare you.1908, The Humanitarian Review, volume 7, page 441
    • [I]mages and symbols of the cat were dedicated to the moon, the moon being universally regarded as the quintessence of everything supernatural, the very cockpit, in fact, of mystery and spookism.2015, Elliott O'Donnell, Animal Ghosts

Origin of spookism

From spook + -ism.

Questions about spookism

What does spookism mean?
Spookism means spooky or ghostly things; spookery.
What part of speech is spookism?
Spookism is a noun.

Words near spookism in the dictionary

  1. spooking
  2. spooking out
  3. spookings
  4. spookish
  5. spookishly
  6. spookism
  7. spookist
  8. spookists
  9. spookless
  10. Spooklight
  11. spookmaster

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