spiritist

as in psychic
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead a 19th-century spiritist whose claims of communicating with spirits through rapping sounds were eventually debunked

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psychic
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  • Murderous beasts, brain-eating zombies, a school filled with werewolves, psychics and other Outcasts, and a tangle of mysteries.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The true purpose of these Institutes is to pinpoint and develop precogs, psychics with the ability to foresee the future.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Spiritist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritist. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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