mediumistic

[mee-dee-uh-mis-tik]

adjective

1. pertaining to a spiritualistic medium.

mediumistic

/ ˌmiːdɪəˈmɪstɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to a spiritual medium

Word History and Origins

Origin of mediumistic¹

First recorded in 1865–70; medium + -istic

Example Sentences

“You’ve been here nearly a week and I suppose you’ve done nothing with planchette? Automatic writing? I don’t imagine either of these young women has mediumistic gifts? Those are Arthur’s bags right there. He brought his golf clubs, just in case.”

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

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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".

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

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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.

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