spiritistic

adjective

Definition of spiritisticnext
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  1. mystical
  2. psychic
  3. mystic
  4. metaphysical
Adjective
  • The idea sounded at once mystical, therapeutic, and nightmarish.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Musashi becomes unwillingly bound to the mystical Oni Gauntlet.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of mystical
Adjective
  • While psychic readers have storefronts in other parts of the city, this change applies to the Community Business and Boulevard Business zoning districts, which previously did not permit soothsaying.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • For now, Oluko is forging a smooth psychic path for Leighton to do this work.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of psychic
Adjective
  • The piece, inspired by the 12th-century polymathic mystic Saint Hildegard of Bingen, was skin-tinglingly breathy and slow, with long tones (played by Malone and her accompanist Stephen O’Malley) that rose up and swirled around the room.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Poetry of a Hindu mystic Kashmir gradually became a predominantly Muslim society after the Shah Mir dynasty came to power in the 14th century.
    — Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Definition of mystic
Adjective
  • Eddy has been spared the worst violence; the novel casts his racial privilege as a kind of metaphysical exemption.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • There seems to be a deliberate effort here to make the show more fun without dumbing down its metaphysical and philosophical implications.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of metaphysical
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“Spiritistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritistic. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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