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spir·it·ism

 (spĭr′ĭ-tĭz′əm)
n.
The belief that the dead communicate with the living; spiritualism.
spir′it·ist n.
spir′it·is′tic adj.
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spiritism

(ˈspɪrɪˌtɪzəm)
n
(Alternative Belief Systems) a less common word for spiritualism
ˈspiritist n
ˌspiritˈistic adj
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spir•it•u•al•ism

(ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əˌlɪz əm)

n.
1. the belief that the spirits of the dead communicate with the living, esp. through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.
2. the practices or phenomena associated with this belief.
3. the belief that all reality is spiritual.
[1825–35]
spir′it•u•al•ist, n.
spir`it•u•al•is′tic, adj.
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spiritism

spiritualism.
See also: Spirits and Spiritualism
-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.spiritism - concern with things of the spirit
otherworldliness, spirituality, spiritualism
internality, inwardness - preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch
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Translations
spiritismi
spiritizam

spiritism

n → Spiritismus m
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The distribution of declared religious belief was as follows: Catholic 36.2%, evangelical Christian 31%, Kardecist Spiritism 16.5%, other religion, not specified 10.3%, agnostic 12.5%, Candomble (Afro-American religion) 1.6%, atheist 1.4%, Buddhist .2% and Jewish .2%.
Finally, the main religious affiliations declared by the participants were Catholic (36.6%), evangelical Christian (33.8%) and Kardecist Spiritism (12.6%).
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Witchcraft, including Afro-Brazilian practices and Kardecist spiritism, threatened the claims of physicians and the state to authority over Brazilians' bodies and actions.
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