OCCULTISM Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

occultism

noun

Definition of occultism

as in spiritualism

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Recent Examples of occultism The relationship between the Nazis and the occult wasn’t black or white, but according to historian Eric Kurlander, Nazism and various branches of occultism became noticeably intertwined almost immediately after the founding of the National Socialist German Workers Party in 1919. — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025 Pynchon’s daunting masterpiece, a white whale of a Great American Novel, is stuffed with pun-tastic songs, rocket science and World War II-era occultism. — John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025 In modern pop culture, vampires have strayed away from occultism and are often depicted through a Christian lens, being repelled by crucifixes and sunlight. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 Mysticism and occultism spread rapidly in the dying days of the Russian empire. — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for occultism

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Her spiritualism led her to conceptualize a temple to house her work that was never realized.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
On the other hand, a lot of hippies turned inward, toward spiritualism and self-improvement.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of spiritualism

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The two of them crafted a business plan for a bookstore, one that wouldn’t look out of place in a sword and sorcery fantasy novel, with a hidden speakeasy.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Now, the sorcery of the dance floor is that this is never happening to only one dancer.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of sorcery

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The movie, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary on May 3, showed us how to use our magic and morals to decide whether to embrace necromancy and the occult.

— Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Hedva’s practice cooks magic, necromancy, and divination together with mystical states of fury and ecstasy, and political states of solidarity and disintegration.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026

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