🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

espiritualismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: espiritualismo pronunciation

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Spiritualism/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəlɪzəm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El espiritualismo es la creencia en la comunicación con los espíritus."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The belief that the spirits of the dead can communicate with the living, often through a medium.

    "Many people attended the séance in hopes of experiencing spiritualism firsthand."
  2. 2

    A religious movement based on the belief in the ability to communicate with spirits.

    "Spiritualism gained popularity in the 19th century as people sought to understand the afterlife."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'spiritualism' originates from the Latin word 'spiritus', meaning 'spirit' or 'breath', combined with the suffix '-ism', which denotes a doctrine or belief system. The concept gained prominence in the 19th century as a movement advocating the possibility of communication with the spirits of the deceased.

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