SPIRITUALIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spiritualist mean? 

• SPIRITUALIST (noun)
  The noun SPIRITUALIST has 1 sense:

1. someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

  Familiarity information: SPIRITUALIST used as a noun is very rare.

• SPIRITUALIST (adjective)
  The adjective SPIRITUALIST has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or connected with spiritualism

  Familiarity information: SPIRITUALIST used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIRITUALIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

medium; sensitive; spiritualist

Context example:

he consulted several mediums

Hypernyms ("spiritualist" is a kind of...):

psychic (a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception)

Derivation:

spiritualism (concern with things of the spirit)

spiritualism (the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium))

• SPIRITUALIST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or connected with spiritualism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

spiritualist; spiritualistic

Pertainym:

spiritualism (the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium))

 Context examples 

It was like a “spirit message,” such as are delivered at séances of spiritualists for a dollar admission.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)