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1. (n.) mysticism
the beliefs, ideas, or mode of thought of mystics.
2. mysticism
the doctrine of an immediate spiritual intuition of truths believed to transcend ordinary understanding, or of a direct, intimate union of the soul with God through contemplation or spiritual ecstasy.
3. mysticism
obscure thought or speculation.
Etymology: (1730–40)
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| Definition of 'mysticism' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) mysticism, religious mysticism
a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
2. (noun) mysticism
obscure or irrational thought
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) mysticism
obscurity of doctrine
2. (noun) mysticism
the doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a pure, sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and maintained that they had direct intercourse with the divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of God and of spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect, and such as can not be analyzed or explained
3. (noun) mysticism
the doctrine that the ultimate elements or principles of knowledge or belief are gained by an act or process akin to feeling or faith
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. mysticism
a state of mind and feeling induced by direct communion with the unseen, and by indulging in which the subject of it estranges himself more and more from those who live wholly in the outside world, so that he cannot communicate with them and they cannot understand him.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. mysticism
A philosophy based upon spiritual intuition that is believed to transcend ordinary sensory experiences or understanding.
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