Definitions for mysticism

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mysticism mys·ti·cism

Spelling: [mis-tuh-siz-uh m]

IPA: /ˈmɪs təˌsɪz əm/

Mysticism is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in mysticism (ciimmssty).

Definitions for mysticism

noun

1. the beliefs, ideas, or mode of thought of mystics.
2. a doctrine of an immediate spiritual intuition of truths believed to transcend ordinary understanding, or of a direct, intimate union of the soul with God through contemplation or ecstasy.
3. obscure thought or speculation.

Origin of mysticism

First recorded in 1730-40; mystic + -ism

Examples for mysticism

In his youth, however, the mysticism was very nave and straightforward.

But beyond that, it also has an aura about it, a mysticism of exclusiveness, that makes it rather forbidding.

Or of the Zohar, the foundational work of Jewish mysticism, which was written in Spain.

It does not allude to the original from which it is taken; it is quite free from mysticism and Neo-Platonism.

Darwin was among the many scientists that have helped society evolve out of mysticism, superstition and faith.

But in order to do so, Lindsay first snoops around on a mysticism and spells website.

It was from this moment that I was taken with an ardent love for mysticism.

The mysticism of the New England Calvinists sometimes bred fanaticism.

mysticism of this sort is the very height of spiritual power.

The repressiveness of the Burmese junta is overlaid with mysticism that can often border on the bizarre.