What does "kardecism" mean?

A type of spiritualism (defined broadly as the belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium) whose followers believe in Allan Kardec's Spiritist Codification, a series of five books containing moral and other teachings.

What is a synonym for "kardecism"?

Common synonyms include: spiritism, spiritism.

Kardecism

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A type of spiritualism (defined broadly as the belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium) whose followers believe in Allan Kardec's Spiritist Codification, a series of five books containing moral and other teachings. uncountable

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spiritism spiritism

Etymology

From Kardec + -ism.

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