Spiritualism

Origin

spiritual + -ism

Full definition of spiritualism

Noun

1. A philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.
2. A belief that the dead communicate with the living through a medium having special powers.
• R. H. HuttonWhat is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.
3. The quality or state of being spiritual.

Derived terms

• spiritualist