mysticism
Meanings
Plural: mysticisms
Noun
- a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
- obscure or irrational thought
- The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
- A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
- A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
- Obscure thoughts and speculations.
Origin / Etymology
From mystic + -ism, from Old French mistique (“mysterious, full of mystery”), from Latin mysticus (“mystical, mystic, of secret rites”), from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated, initiate”) from μῡ́ω (mū́ō, “to close one's lips or eyes; initiate into the mysteries”). Compare Asturian misticismu, Catalan misticisme, French mysticisme, German Mystizismus, Italian misticismo, Portuguese misticismo, Sicilian misticisimu, Spanish misticismo.
Synonyms
religious mysticism
Antonyms
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