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mystique
English
Etymology
From French mystique (“a mystic”), from Latin mysticus. See also the doublet mystic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??sti?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
Noun
mystique (usually uncountable, plural mystiques)
- An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.
Further reading
- mystique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mystique”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
French
Etymology
Latin mysticus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mis.tik/
Noun
mystique f (plural mystiques)
- mystic, one who practices mysticism
Adjective
mystique (plural mystiques)
- mystic, mystical
Further reading
- “mystique” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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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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