Spiritualist and Spiritist

Spiritualist

Spiritualist noun - A person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead.
Usage example: the spiritualist claims merely to be the agency through which the spirit—or “control”—conveys its messages to the living
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Spiritist and spiritualist are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spiritist" instead a noun "Spiritualist".

Spiritist

Spiritist noun - A person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead.
Usage example: a 19th-century spiritist whose claims of communicating with spirits through rapping sounds were eventually debunked
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Spiritualist and spiritist are semantically related. You can use "Spiritualist" instead a noun "Spiritist".

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