spiritualist

as in psychic
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead the spiritualist claims merely to be the agency through which the spirit—or "control"—conveys its messages to the living

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psychic
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  • Whoopi Goldberg is the fake psychic who has a hint of actual psychic power that she's forgotten about.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 May 2025
  • While MacKinnon says she's always had a special connection with animals, her first visit with a pet psychic in 2001 changed her perspective.
    Athena Sobhan, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Spiritualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritualist. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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