Spiritism

See also: spiritism

English

Etymology

spirit +‎ -ism

Proper noun

Spiritism

A philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid nineteenth century, postulating that humans are essentially immortal spirits that temporarily inhabit physical bodies, and may have influence on the physical world.

Coordinate terms

(religions) religion; Bahá'í Faith,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Christianity,‎ Confucianism,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ paganism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion)} ^[edit]

Related terms

spiritism, Spiritualism, spiritualism

Translations

a philosophical doctrine

Catalan: espiritisme (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 通靈術, 通灵术 (tōnglíngshù)
Czech: spiritismus (cs)
Danish: spiritisme
Dutch: spiritisme (nl)
Esperanto: spiritismo
Finnish: spiritismi (fi)
French: spiritisme (fr)
German: Spiritismus (de) m
Greek: πνευματισμός (el) (pnevmatismós)
Italian: spiritismo

Japanese: スピリティズム
Latin: spiritismus
Norwegian: spiritisme
Polish: spirytyzm
Portuguese: espiritismo (pt)
Russian: спиритизм (ru) (spiritizm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: spiritizam (sh) m
Spanish: espiritismo (es)
Swedish: spiritism (sv)
Turkish: spiritizm

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