SPIRITUALISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spiritualistic mean? 

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

1. of or relating to or connected with spiritualism

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPIRITUALISTIC (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))

Derivation:

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

spiritualism ((theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God)

 Context examples 

The next, 'The theory of the book is bad, full of morbid fancies, spiritualistic ideas, and unnatural characters.'

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)