mediumistic

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Relating to a person who says they can speak to spirits

adjective
/ˌmiːdiəˈmɪstɪk/

: mediúmnico

During the séance, the medium's mediumistic abilities allowed her to communicate with the spirits of the departed.

Examples

Many people attend mediumistic sessions in hopes of receiving messages from their loved ones in the afterlife.
The victim becomes, in a sense, mediumistic a vehicle for all the intangible forces in operation around her.

The Black Cat (1934)
For those of you just tuning in, Mr. Christou here wowed us before the break with a demonstration of his mediumistic powers.

Late Night with the Devil (2024)
His mediumistic talents were evident when he provided detailed insights during the spirit communication event.

Synonyms

spiritualist

vsmediumistic

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Relating to the belief that the spirits of the dead can talk to the living

focuses on the individual's role in spirit communication rather than general belief

spiritist

vsmediumistic

9.3

Relating to practices that try to contact dead people

is specific to a person acting as a channel for the dead

spiritualistic

vsmediumistic

8.2

Beliefs and practices that try to contact spirits or the dead

is focused on a person's role in communicating with spirits not broad beliefs

Surface Forms

mediumistic positive

Morphology

mediumistic = medium (transparent) = medium + istic

The adjective is a straightforward derivation from the noun 'medium' with the productive adjectival suffix '-istic' meaning 'relating to or characteristic of a medium'.

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.