mysticism

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From mystic + -ism, from Old French mistique (“mysterious, full of mystery”), from Latin mysticus (“mystical, mystic, of secret rites”), from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from μύστης (mústēs, “one who has been initiated, initiate”) from μῡ́ω (mū́ō, “to close one's lips or eyes; initiate into the mysteries”). Compare Asturian misticismu, Catalan misticisme, French mysticisme, German Mystizismus, Italian misticismo, Portuguese misticismo, Sicilian misticisimu, Spanish misticismo.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: խորհրդապաշտություն (xorhrdapaštutʻyun) — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Armenian: միստիցիզմ (misticʻizm) — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Bulgarian: мистицизъм (misticizǎm) — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Catalan: misticisme — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Chinese Mandarin: 神秘主義 /神秘主义 (shénmìzhǔyì) — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Finnish: mystisismi — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• French: mysticisme — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Galician: misticismo — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• German: Mystik — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• German: Mystizismus — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Greek: μυστικισμός (mystikismós) — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Hebrew: מִיסְטִיקָה (místika) — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Italian: misticismo — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Japanese: 神秘主義 (shinpishugi) — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Norwegian Bokmål: mystikk — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Norwegian Bokmål: mystisisme — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mystikk — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mystisisme — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Occitan: misticisme — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Polish: mistycyzm — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Portuguese: misticismo — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Russian: мистици́зм (misticízm) — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Serbo-Croatian: мистицизам — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Serbo-Croatian: misticizam — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Sicilian: misticisimu — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Spanish: misticismo — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Thai: รหัสยลัทธิ — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Turkish: mistisizm — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Turkish: gizemcilik — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Ukrainian: містици́зм (mistycýzm) — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Yiddish: מיסטיציזם (mistitsizm) — beliefs and ideas of mystics
• Catalan: misticisme — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Chinese Mandarin: 神秘主義 /神秘主义 (shénmìzhǔyì) — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Finnish: mystiikka — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• German: Mystik — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• German: Mystizismus — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Greek: μυστικισμός (mystikismós) — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Italian: misticismo — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Norwegian Bokmål: mystikk — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Norwegian Bokmål: mystisisme — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mystikk — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mystisisme — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Polish: mistycyzm — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Portuguese: misticismo — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Russian: мистици́зм (misticízm) — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Serbo-Croatian: мистицизам — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Serbo-Croatian: misticizam — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Sicilian: misticisimu — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Spanish: misticismo — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Turkish: mistisizm — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Turkish: gizemcilik — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Ukrainian: містици́зм (mistycýzm) — doctrine of direct communication of divine truth
• Chinese Mandarin: 神秘主義 /神秘主义 (shénmìzhǔyì) — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Esperanto: mistikismo — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Finnish: yhteys jumaluuteen — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• German: Mystik — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• German: Mystizismus — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Italian: misticismo — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Norwegian Bokmål: mystikk — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Norwegian Bokmål: mystisisme — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mystikk — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mystisisme — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Polish: mistycyzm — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Portuguese: misticismo — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Russian: мистици́зм (misticízm) — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Serbo-Croatian: мистицизам — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Serbo-Croatian: misticizam — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Sicilian: misticisimu — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Turkish: mistisizm — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Turkish: gizemcilik — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Ukrainian: містици́зм (mistycýzm) — transcendental union of soul with the divinity
• Bulgarian: мистика (mistika) — obscure thoughts and speculations
• Chinese Mandarin: 神秘主義 /神秘主义 (shénmìzhǔyì) — obscure thoughts and speculations
• Finnish: mystiikka — obscure thoughts and speculations
• German: Mystizismus — obscure thoughts and speculations
• Greek: μυστικοπάθεια (mystikopátheia) — obscure thoughts and speculations
• Polish: mistycyzm — obscure thoughts and speculations
• Portuguese: misticismo — obscure thoughts and speculations
• Russian: мистици́зм (misticízm) — obscure thoughts and speculations
• Serbo-Croatian: мистицизам — obscure thoughts and speculations
• Serbo-Croatian: misticizam — obscure thoughts and speculations
• Turkish: mistisizm — obscure thoughts and speculations
• Turkish: gizemcilik — obscure thoughts and speculations