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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Willing to try anything, Mary began speaking to alleged psychics.—
Bjorn Dihle,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025 -
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
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“Spiritist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritist. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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