单词 | spiritualistic |
释义 | spiritualisticadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or of the nature of spiritualism as a philosophical doctrine; characterized by belief in the existence or primacy of a spiritual or non-material world. Cf. spiritualism n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > absolute idealism > [adjective] > of or relating to spiritualism spiritualistic1842 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective] > spiritualist spiritualist1837 spiritualistic1842 1842 Boston Q. Rev. Jan. 124 We think..that his tendencies are too spiritualistic, that he makes too broad a distinction between soul and body. 1945 V. Ferm Encycl. Relig. 541 His [sc. Alexander Oettingen's] social ethics was an opposition against every spiritualistic personal ethic and against any materialistic social physics. 2001 Mod. Lang. Notes 119 53 Tommaseo, from his spiritualistic position..was..one of the most prominent polemical critics of sensisme and the French ideologues. b. In more general use: of, relating to, or characterized by spirituality or mysticism; (of a person) spiritually-minded. Cf. spiritualism n. 1a. ΚΠ 1861 F. C. Cook in W. Thomson Aids to Faith iv. 145 The religious systems of the Berlin schools were too spiritualistic, too thin and fine drawn, too sentimental and indefinite to produce practical results. 1932 Sikeston (Missouri) Standard 26 Feb. They were very spiritualistic outwardly, but approved of dance music inwardly. 2016 Black Country Bugle (Nexis) 9 Mar. 2 With his love of religious and spiritualistic topics and poetry he became known as The Literary Boatman. 2. Of or relating to belief in the existence of spiritual or incorporeal beings or the possibility of communicating with them; spec. relating to, characteristic of, or resulting from the practice of spiritualism (spiritualism n. 5). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [adjective] spiritual1850 spiritualist1850 spiritualistic1852 spiritist1860 spiritistic1866 metapsychic1905 metapsychical1905 1852 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 27 Feb. It has been alleged that communications have been received, going back—‘progress’ is the synonyme in spiritualistic language—to a monotonous and ‘imperfect’ repetition of the A B C. 1876 Morning Post 21 Dec. 2/4 A writing slate by means of which the alleged phenomenon of spiritualistic writing may be reproduced. 1921 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 51 428 (heading) Animistic and other spiritualistic beliefs of the Bina tribe, Western Papua. 2013 Cahiers F. de Saussure 66 67 A Swiss medium and psychic who gave spiritualistic séances. B. n. 1. In plural. The study, doctrine, or practice of spiritualism (Cf. sense A. 2). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > matters relating to spiritualistics1856 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > absolute idealism > [noun] > spiritualism (as opposed to materialism) spiritualism1749 spiritualistics1856 1856 Ladies' Repository Nov. 641/1 What alchemy did for chemistry, spiritualistics seem doing for anthropology. 1988 W. Mankowitz Magic Cabinet of Professor Smucker vi. 105 He would himself..without the least pretensions to spiritualistics, simulate all of her seance jokes, after which the British public could, if it were sensible, dismiss all such phenomena as elementary tricks. 2. A follower, adherent, or practitioner of spiritualism (chiefly in sense A. 2). Now rare. ΚΠ 1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Mar. 265/1 Mr. Karl Joseph Krafft, whose appearance in these pages is not, say certain of the spiritualistics, the first of his apparitions since he died. 1931 Burra (S. Austral.) Record 20 May The fact that there may be frauds or charlatans among Spiritualistics does not lessen but increases the duty of the Church to guide the faithful and to warn the weak. 1973 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 4 May b6/3 Traditionalists and spiritualistics alike believe that results of the search [for Atlantis] will be far-reaching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1842 |
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