SPIRITUALISTIC Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

spiritualistic

adjective

Definition of spiritualistic

as in mystical

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Musashi becomes unwillingly bound to the mystical Oni Gauntlet.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The family lived in Ury, France, south of Paris, near Fontainebleau, which is famous for its royal palace and almost mystical woods.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of mystical

Adjective

What we’re left with is the image of the fanatic, leaving prints on the grass, chasing the President’s golf cart to no avail, working out her psychic need in the epistolary form, writing as much to herself as to her addressee.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
In defiance of such norms, though, Israel’s government seems to be targeting hospitals, creating psychic wounds alongside mass casualties.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of psychic

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The piece, inspired by the 12th-century polymathic mystic Saint Hildegard of Bingen, was skin-tinglingly breathy and slow, with long tones (played by Malone and her accompanist Stephen O’Malley) that rose up and swirled around the room.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Poetry of a Hindu mystic Kashmir gradually became a predominantly Muslim society after the Shah Mir dynasty came to power in the 14th century.

— Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

Definition of mystic

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Majdi described his son’s birth in near-metaphysical terms, his own grief as shattering.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
That Dante lived during both the 13th and 14th centuries — and that Tosches’ movements as his novel’s protagonist take place at the start of the 21st century — means nothing in Schnabel’s meta-metaphysical realm.

— A.D. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of metaphysical

Adjective

Like any group with more than 50 members, there have been a few paranormal personality clashes.

— Megan De Mar, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
With the new immersive sound system, orchestra impact becomes a matter of technology, giving individual instruments paranormal prominence and turning full orchestra glory into a sensual sound bath.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of paranormal

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