Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.

    Spiritualismus

    спиритуали́змspiritualízm

  2. (countable, uncountable)A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in a broader sense than spiritism.

    Spiritismus

    спирити́змspiritízm, спиритуали́змspiritualízm

    the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium)

  3. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being spiritual.

    духо́вностьduxóvnostʹ

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Philosophically spiritualism shows a strong tendency to develop into either panpsychism or transcendentalism.

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  2. Why do so many people talk about Spiritualism without really knowing about it?

    deWarum sprechen viele Menschen über Spiritualismus, ohne ihn wirklich zu kennen? — al_ex_an_der

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism:
the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums:
quality or state of being spiritual:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism:
the belief that the dead communicate with the living through mediums:

Forms

plural: spiritualisms
Singularspiritualism
Pluralspiritualisms

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

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