mediumistic
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- adjective
- /ˌmiːdiəˈmɪstɪk/
- During the séance, the medium's mediumistic abilities allowed her to communicate with the spirits of the departed.
Examples
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Many people attend mediumistic sessions in hopes of receiving messages from their loved ones in the afterlife.
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The victim becomes, in a sense, mediumistic a vehicle for all the intangible forces in operation around her.
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For those of you just tuning in, Mr. Christou here wowed us before the break with a demonstration of his mediumistic powers.
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His mediumistic talents were evident when he provided detailed insights during the spirit communication event.
Synonyms
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Relating to the belief that the spirits of the dead can talk to the living
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Beliefs and practices that try to contact spirits or the dead
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Relating to practices that try to contact dead people
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mediumistic comes from medium, a word that originally meant 'middle' and later came to mean a 'go-between'. A medium is someone who stands between the living and the spirit world to pass messages, so mediumistic describes things relating to communicating with spirits.