English Explanatory Dictionary

Spiritism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid nineteenth century, postulating that humans are essentially immortal spirits that temporarily inhabit physical bodies, and may have influence on the physical world.
noun
  1. Spiritualism.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Spiritism.

Word forms

Spiritism spiritisms

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism ▲ French spiritismecalq. English Spiritism From spirit + -ism. Calque of French spiritisme.

Related words

spiritism Spiritualism Spiritist Kardecism
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