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mysticism
English
Etymology
From mystic +? ism, from Old French mistique (“mysterious, full of mystery”), from Latin mysticus (“mystical, mystic, of secret rites”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from ?????? (múst?s, “one who has been initiated, initiate”) from ???? (m???, “to close one's lips or eyes; initiate into the mysteries”). Confer Asturian misticismu, Catalan misticisme, French mysticisme, German Mystizismus, Italian misticismo, Portuguese misticismo, Sicilian misticisimu, Spanish misticismo.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?s?t?-s?z'?m IPA(key): /?m?s.t??s?z.?m?/
Noun
mysticism (countable and uncountable, plural mysticisms)
- The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
- A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I:
- In the history of Christian mysticism the problem how to discriminate between such messages and experiences as were really divine miracles, and such others as the demon in his malice was able to counterfeit, thus making the religious person twofold more the child of hell he was before, has always been a difficult one to solve, needing all the sagacity and experience of the best directors of conscience.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I:
- A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
- Obscure thoughts and speculations.
Antonyms
- rationalism
Translations
References
- mysticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mysticism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mysticism”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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esotericism
English
Etymology
esoteric +? -ism
Noun
esotericism (countable and uncountable, plural esotericisms)
- The tendency to promote or desire the esoteric.
- Doctrines or practices of esoteric knowledge.
Translations
See also
- esoterism
References
- OED2
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