mysticism

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Etymology

English from the early to mid 1700's, Confer French mysticisme.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mysticism (uncountable)

1. The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
2. A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
3. A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
4. Obscure thoughts and speculations.

Antonyms

• rationalism

Translations

the beliefs and ideas of mystics

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神秘主義 (cmn), 神秘主义 (cmn) (shénmìzhǔyì)

• French: mysticisme (fr) m
• German: Mystik (de) f
• Greek: μυστικισμός (el) (mystikismós) m, αποκρυφισμός (el) (apokryfismós) m
• Japanese: 神秘主義 (ja) (しんぴしゅぎ, shinpishugi)

• Polish: mistycyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: misticismo (pt) m
• Russian: мистицизм (ru) (misticízm) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мистицизам (sh) m

  Roman: misticizam (sh) m

a doctrine of direct communication of divine truth

• German: Mystik (de) f
• Greek: αποκρυφισμός (el) (apokryfismós) m
• Polish: mistycyzm (pl) m
• Russian: мистицизм (ru) (misticízm) m

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мистицизам (sh) m

  Roman: misticizam (sh) m

a transcendental union of soul with the divinity

• German: Mystik (de) f
• Polish: mistycyzm (pl) m
• Russian: мистицизм (ru) (misticízm) m

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мистицизам (sh) m

  Roman: misticizam (sh) m

obscure thoughts and speculations

• German: Mystizismus (de) m
• Russian: мистицизм (ru) (misticízm) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мистицизам (sh) m

  Roman: misticizam (sh) m

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: mistikismo

References

• mysticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913