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Spiritism

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 1
    Spiritualism. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    concern with things of the spirit wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of Spiritism. alt-of, countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From spirit + -ism. Calque of French spiritisme.

Etymology 2

From spirit + -ism.

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