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occultism

[ uh-kuhl-tiz-uhm ]

noun

  1. belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
  2. the study or practice of occult arts.


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  • oc·cult·ist noun adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of occultism1

First recorded in 1880–85; occult + -ism

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Example Sentences

But it is time to turn to another society in which this debased occultism plays a still more important part.

Crowley ran occultism as a side-line, and seems to have been known as the "Purple Priest."

The same is true of Theosophy, with its Hindu philosophy and occultism, surrounded with an air of unholy mysticism.

We hear little in Punch of Spiritualism, but a certain amount about occultism.

This form of occultism reaches its fullest and purest expression in Oriental wisdom-religions.

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