mysticism
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- noun
- /ˈmɪstɪˌsɪzəm/
- For the last half of the 20th century, UFO researchers, demonologists, psychics, all that, there was a mysticism to it.
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- If you want to believe in mysticism bullshit, well that's up to you, but you shouldn't.
- And all of a sudden this mysticism gets a kind of German can't that makes sense to the people who speak German.
Examples
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Won't be long before men rise up and shed the yoke of mysticism and tyranny.
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Rejecting the rationalism of Winters and the mysticism of Munson, Crane remained dedicated to poetry as a discipline sufficient unto itself.
Academic text (1997) -
How long would that mysticism of suffering survive the liberation?
Fiction book (2000) -
Or will the dark mysticism of this Southern swampland get the better of them?
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Why couldn't people keep their mysticism to themselves?
Fiction book (2000) -
So how does science gurgle up under the forces of mysticism and miracles and magic of the time?
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Some are suspicious of what they regard as sneaking mysticism into humanism through the back door by invoking the "spiritual" language of some scientists.
Academic text (2007) -
To allow emotive aspects into moral theory is to descend into an abyss of irrationality and mysticism.
Academic text (1999) -
Devoid of esotericism and mysticism, the movement rejects the idea of sainthood and condemns the building of shrines and holy places.
Academic text (1994) -
Many people find solace in mysticism as they explore the unknown aspects of life that science cannot explain.
Synonyms
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A lack of clear, logical thinking
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An unusual habit, quality, or way of thinking
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Secret or special knowledge and ways of doing things that only a small group understands
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Strange, unscientific ideas and behaviour that ignore facts
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A belief that feelings, faith, or the unconscious mind matter more than logic
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Believing that certain actions, signs, or objects can change what will happen
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An untrue belief about luck or danger that people accept without proof
Antonyms
Compounds
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A spiritual practice that seeks a direct personal experience of God or the sacred
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Etymology
Mysticism keeps the idea of 'hidden' from mystery. A helpful way to remember this second meaning is that people sometimes call ideas 'mysticism' when they seem unclear or hard to prove, meaning they are 'not logical'.