mysticism
noun
the beliefs, ideas, or mode of thought of mystics.
mysticisms
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pluralof mysticism.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They are happy, cheerful spirits, void of mysteries, and do not torture people with mysticisms.
From Old Fritz and the New Era by Peter Langley
Stoicism, hedonism, the faith of his childhood, new-fangled mysticisms would join hands and hold revel round his soul for those twelve weeks, those eighty-four days, those two thousand and sixteen hours.…
From The Education of Eric Lane by Stephen McKenna
Abjuring Mysticisms We shall lead your interest away from "vague mysticisms" and emphasize such phases of scientific psychological theory as bear directly on practical achievement.
From Psychology and Achievement Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency by Warren Hilton
I have forgotten, long ago, the subject of debate, but Alcott started out with one of his characteristic mysticisms, and, after allowing him to commit himself fully, I interrupted him with a question.
From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by William James Stillman
When the confirmation of a theory that is already received, and which is doubly attractive by its mysticisms, depends, in some measure, on the result, the experiment becomes still less likely to fail.
From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper
