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How to pronounce occultism in English?

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Type Words
Type of supernaturalism
Derivation occultist
Type Words
Type of discipline, field, field of study, bailiwick, subject, subject area, subject field, study
Derivation occultist

Examples of occultism

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Their views had their quite different roots in monism, Lebensreform, or occultism.
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These individuals typically were enthusiasts of occultism and the paranormal.
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Yeats had a life-long interest in mysticism, spiritualism, occultism and astrology.
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Occultism, however, is probably more popular today than his collection of artifacts.
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And psychotherapy has, like occultism, to be taken seriously in order for it to work.
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The Yazidis, perhaps because of their secrecy, also have a place in modern occultism.
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It's largely about rocketry and occultism, but neither field is contextualised very well.
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And of course through the pop and hippie connection you've got a connection to occultism.
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Scientology accounts do not mention Hubbard's involvement in occultism.
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More examples
  • The study of the supernatural
  • A belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control
  • (occult) hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"
  • (occult) eclipse: cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies"
  • (occult) become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"
  • (occult) mysterious: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
  • The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g. ...
  • (Occult (astronomy)) An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. ...
  • (occult) Supernatural affairs; To cover or hide from view; To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate; Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected; Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology; Esoteric