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Keep "mediumistic" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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1852, E. C. Rogers, Philosophy of Mysterious Agents, Human and Mundane, Boston: Redding, No. 1, p. 88, Fear of the world, fear of man individually, fear of loss of property or station, would all interfere, and prevent them from giving to their fellow-men, teachings, that their more receptive and mediumistic minds had been capable of receiving.
Source: wiktionary
Mr. Michie’s wife is mediumistic and liable to be controlled. One day an entity came to her and spoke through her to her husband […]
Source: wiktionary
Then there is that queer practice of the whites, psychometry, by which mediumistic people claim they can, by handling any object, tell events that occurred to the owner of it.
Source: wiktionary
I don’t imagine either of these young women has mediumistic gifts?
Source: wiktionary
Closest matches include clairvoyant, psychical, spiritual, spiritualistic, spiritualistic.
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