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SPIRITUALIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

he consulted several mediums

Synonyms:

medium; sensitive; spiritualist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or connected with spiritualism

Synonyms:

spiritualist; spiritualistic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

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