mediumistic

American  

[mee-dee-uh-mis-tik] / ˌmi di əˈmɪs tɪk /

adjective

1. pertaining to a spiritualistic medium.

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mediumistic British  

/ ˌmiːdɪəˈmɪstɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to a spiritual medium

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Etymology

Origin of mediumistic

First recorded in 1865–70; medium + -istic

Example Sentences

And, finally, she can talk through his mouth, thus communicating directly with the narrator while Matthew is in a sort of mediumistic trance.

From Slate

Among its best-known exponents are Henry Darger, who painted baroque adventure stories featuring heroic female children known as the Vivian Girls, and Madge Gill, an English outsider artist who created thousands of mediumistic ink drawings through a spirit presence she called "Myrninerest".

From The Guardian

Acoustic Mediumistic Phenomena,—Cases of, 71, 73, 89, 96, 112, 121, 144, 163, 167, 183, 274, 292, 299, 369, 373, 374, 378, 380.

From Project Gutenberg

Sardou, Victorien, 178, 203, 208; early mediumistic experiences of, 25; letter to Jules Claretie, 45; report on E. Paladino, 95-98; participates in Paladino sittings, 123, 124.

From Project Gutenberg

In the same way might not those persons deceive themselves who, in order to escape at any cost the necessity of the hypothesis of spiritistic entities, should insist with a too persistent predilection upon the animistic hypothesis, even when this would be found insufficient to explain all mediumistic manifestations?

From Project Gutenberg