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MYSTIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
Synonyms:
mystic; religious mystic
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mystic" is a kind of...):
believer; worshiper; worshipper (a person who has religious faith)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mystic"):
quietist (a religious mystic who follows quietism)
Instance hyponyms:
Buddha; Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Gautama Siddhartha; Siddhartha (founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC))
Chuang-tzu (4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism)
Behmen; Boehm; Boehme; Bohme; Jakob Behmen; Jakob Boehm; Jakob Boehme; Jakob Bohme (German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624))
Eckhart; Johannes Eckhart; Meister Eckhart (German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327))
Derivation:
mystic; mystical (having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding)
mystical (relating to or characteristic of mysticism)
mystical (relating to or resembling mysticism)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
Example:
the secret learning of the ancients
Synonyms:
mysterious; mystic; mystical; occult; orphic; secret
Classified under:
Similar:
esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)
Derivation:
mystic (someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of mysticism
Example:
mystical religion
Synonyms:
mystic; mystical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mysticism (a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality)
Derivation:
mysticism (a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or resembling mysticism
Example:
mystical theories about the securities market
Synonyms:
mystic; mystical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mysticism (obscure or irrational thought)
Derivation:
mysticism (obscure or irrational thought)
