siderism
Meanings
noun
- A former system of natural philosophy that posited relationships of inorganic phenomena to organic phenomena and studied pendulums, magnets, and dowsing rods; developed by Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776–1810) and others.
noun
- The supposed curative effects of metals upon the body, in metallotherapy; metallotherapy itself.
Word forms
Etymology
From sidero- (“star-related”) + -ism.
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