Library / English Dictionary

OCCULTIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "occultist"):

Chaldaean; Chaldean; Chaldee (a wise man skilled in occult learning)

enchantress; witch (a female sorcerer or magician)

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

magician; necromancer; sorcerer; thaumaturge; thaumaturgist; wizard (one who practices magic or sorcery)

Derivation:

occultism (a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control)

occultism (the study of the supernatural)

Credits