occultism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French occultisme, analyzable as occult +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

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Noun

occultism (countable and uncountable, plural occultisms)

1. (philosophy) The study of the supernatural
2. A belief in occult powers and the hope of controlling them

Translations

study of the supernatural

• Catalan: ocultisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神秘主義 / 神秘主义 (zh) (shénmìzhǔyì), 神秘學 / 神秘学 (shénmìxué)

• Czech: okultismus m
• Estonian: okultism
• Finnish: salatiede (fi), okkultismi (fi), rajatieto
• French: occultisme (fr) m
• Galician: ocultismo m
• German: Okkultismus (de) m
• Greek: αποκρυφισμός (el) m (apokryfismós)
• Irish: asarlaíocht f
• Italian: occultismo (it) m
• Japanese: オカルティズム (okarutizumu)
• Polish: okultyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: ocultismo (pt) m
• Russian: оккульти́зм (ru) m (okkulʹtízm)
• Serbo-Croatian: okultizam (sh) m
• Spanish: ocultismo
• Tagalog: alimuwang

belief in occult powers

• Chichewa: tsenga class 5
• Finnish: salatiede (fi), okkultismi (fi)
• Polish: okultyzm (pl) m
• Russian: оккульти́зм (ru) m (okkulʹtízm)
• Spanish: ocultismo