mysticism

Definition of Mysticism in English :

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Noun

1. mysticism, religious mysticism

a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

religious mysticism

2. mysticism

obscure or irrational thought

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mysticism

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noun

1.

belief in or experience of a reality surpassing normal human understanding or experience, esp a reality perceived as essential to the nature of life

2.

a system of contemplative prayer and spirituality aimed at achieving direct intuitive experience of the divine

3.

obscure or confused belief or thought

Mysticism

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noun

1.

the doctrines or beliefs of mystics; specif., the doctrine that it is possible to achieve communion with God through contemplation

2.

any doctrine that asserts the possibility of attaining an intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths through meditation

3.

vague, obscure, or confused thinking or belief

Mysticism

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n.

1.

a. Belief in direct experience of transcendent reality or God, especially by means of contemplation and asceticism instead of rational thought.

b. Such experience had by an individual.

2. Belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual or intellectual apprehension that are directly accessible by subjective experience: belief in séances, astral projection, and similar mysticism.

3. Belief that is not based on evidence or subjected to criticism: "[When] grappling with the evils they have themselves exposed ... these lifelong Marxists drift off into vague mysticism and into worship of personality" (I.F. Stone).

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