Spiritism

See also: spiritism

English

Etymology

spirit +‎ -ism. Calque of French spiritisme.

Proper noun

Spiritism

1. A philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid nineteenth century, postulating that humans are essentially immortal spirits that temporarily inhabit physical bodies, and may have influence on the physical world.

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; agnosticism,‎ Asatru,‎ atheism,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Druze,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Romuva,‎ Samaritanism,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Tengrism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yahwism,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Related terms

• spiritism, Spiritualism, spiritualism
• Spiritist

Translations

philosophical doctrine

• Catalan: espiritisme (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通靈術／通灵术 (tōnglíngshù), 唯靈論／唯灵论 (wéilínglùn)

• Czech: spiritismus (cs)
• Danish: spiritisme
• Dutch: spiritisme (nl)
• Esperanto: spiritismo
• Finnish: spiritismi (fi)
• French: spiritisme (fr)
• German: Spiritismus (de) m
• Greek: πνευματισμός (el) (pnevmatismós)
• Irish: spioradachas
• Italian: spiritismo (it)
• Japanese: スピリティズム
• Latin: spiritismus
• Norwegian: spiritisme
• Polish: spirytyzm
• Portuguese: espiritismo (pt)
• Russian: спиритизм (ru) (spiritizm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: spiritizam (sh) m

• Spanish: espiritismo (es)
• Swedish: spiritism (sv)
• Turkish: spiritizm
• Vietnamese: thuyết thông linh (說通靈), thông linh luận (通靈論)