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mediumistic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to mediums (people claiming to contact the dead); relating to or having the ability to communicate with spirits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1852, E. C. Rogers, Philosophy of Mysterious Agents, Human and Mundane, Boston: Redding, No. 1, p. 88, Fear of the world, fear of man individually, fear of loss of property or station, would all interfere, and prevent them from giving to their fellow-men, teachings, that their more receptive and mediumistic minds had been capable of receiving.

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History

Etymology

From medium + -istic.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: médiumnique — Of or pertaining to mediums