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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Terazawa is working on her second novel, Curse Him, a surreal and tense autofiction accounting for three summer months of being scammed by psychics in a small Appalachian town.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026 -
For generations, people have turned to psychics, astrology charts or tarot cards for reassurance.—
Ziv Epstein,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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“Spiritist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritist. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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