spiritualism

See also: Spiritualism

English

Etymology

spiritual +‎ -ism

In Allan Kardec's 1857 book The Spirits Book (Le Livre des Esprits in original French), in which a distinction between spiritism and spiritualism is defined.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹɪtjuəlɪzəm/, /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəlɪzəm/, /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃəlɪzəm/

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Noun

spiritualism (countable and uncountable, plural spiritualisms)

1. (philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.
   • 1880, R. H. Hutton, “Preface”, in Theological essays:

     What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.

2. A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in a broader sense than spiritism/Kardecism.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 229:

     I wish it were possible to impress this truth upon people who rush into spiritualism from curiosity, or who try "table rapping" or some similar phenomenon "for fun".

3. The quality or state of being spiritual.

Hyponyms

• (belief that dead communicate with the living): spiritism, Kardecism

Derived terms

• spiritualist

Translations

the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism

• Catalan: espiritualisme m
• Finnish: spiritualismi (fi)
• French: spiritualisme (fr) m
• Galician: espiritualismo m
• German: Spiritualismus m
• Greek: σπιριτουαλισμός (el) m (spiritoualismós)
• Italian: spiritualismo (it) m
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• Japanese: 唯心 (ja) (ゆいしん, yuishin), 心霊主義 (しんれいしゅぎ, shinreishugi), スピリチュアリズム (supirichuarizumu)
• Portuguese: espiritualismo m
• Romanian: spiritualism (ro) n
• Russian: спиритуали́зм (ru) m (spiritualízm)
• Spanish: espiritualismo m

the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums

• Finnish: spiritismi (fi)
• German: Spiritismus (de) m
• Portuguese: espiritualismo m
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• Russian: спирити́зм (ru) m (spiritízm), спиритуали́зм (ru) m (spiritualízm)
• Tagalog: diwakuro, pagkamakadiwa
• Volapük: spirutim

quality or state of being spiritual

• Finnish: henkisyys (fi)
• Romanian: spiritualitate (ro) f
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• Russian: духо́вность (ru) f (duxóvnostʹ)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French spiritualisme.

Noun

spiritualism n (uncountable)

1. spiritualism

Declension

declension of spiritualism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) spiritualism	spiritualismul
genitive/dative	(unui) spiritualism	spiritualismului
vocative	spiritualismule

Related terms

• spiritual