Meaning
1 sensesSomeone who practices mysticism.
Mystiker, Mystikerin
ми́стикmístik, мисти́чкаmistíčka
мі́стикmístyk, місти́чкаmistýčka
- someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
Examples
2 sentencesJordan Peterson is a weird mystic who bases his ideas on the discredited pseudoscience of Carl Jung.
The syncretist, the mystic, the devotee, the puritan, would find a congenial climate in these regions of Asia Minor.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secFrom Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.
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Forms
plural: mysticsSynonyms
1 synonyms- someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension:religious mystic
Word family
7 related wordsSee also
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