occultism
Americannoun
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belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
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the study or practice of occult arts.
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Origin of occultism
Example Sentences
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At Halloween, the focus is on death, occultism and nightmares.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2023
“Angels become a very big deal” for long-time practitioners who’ve made occultism their primary focus, said Hunter, an angel-loving occultist.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
Smashing Pumpkins’ forthcoming album, “Cyr,” out Friday, is a roving 20-song double album that courses with currents of ’80s synth-pop and darkwave occultism — tailored most fittingly for the darkest days of the year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2020
“A kind of secular mystery cult, God-building was another part of the late-19th-century European current in which occultism and science marched hand in hand,” Gray writes.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2011
You have mixed with quack spiritualists and self-styled professors of what they term occultism.
From The Moving Finger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
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