Occult
Occult noun - Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively.
Spiritualism and occult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spiritualism" instead a noun "Occult".
Spiritualism
Spiritualism noun - The belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium).
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Synonyms for Spiritualism
Occult and spiritualism are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Occult" instead a noun "Spiritualism".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- enchantment and occult
- enchantment and spiritualism
- divination and occult
- divination and spiritualism
- magic and occult
- magic and spiritualism
- witchcraft and occult
- witchcraft and spiritualism
- sorcery and occult
- sorcery and spiritualism
- supernatural and occult
- supernatural and spiritualism
- wizardry and occult
- wizardry and spiritualism
Both words in one sentence
- He seems to at least in some way experience what his companions experience, but he explains everything through quantum physics, not spiritualism or the occult.
Source: Scully Syndrome -
Séances were popular forms of entertainment around the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century, during which time many people became interested in spiritualism and the occult.
Source: Spooky Seance -
Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle were very good friends who bonded over a shared interest of the Occult, Spiritualism to be exact.
Source: We Used to Be Friends
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