psychism

American  

[sahyk-iz-uhm] / ˈsaɪk ɪz əm /

noun

1. psychic abilities or phenomena, such as telekinesis or extrasensory perception, or the belief in such abilities or phenomena.

2. the belief that all things, including plants and inanimate objects, possess a soul. Compare panpsychism.

3. the belief in an immaterial substance that animates all living beings.

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Other Word Forms

• psychist
  noun

Example Sentences

We are far too apt, in our ordinary thought and talking, to limit the words "psychical," "psychic," or "psychism" in a quite illegitimate way, and the popular use of the term is illegitimate.

From London Lectures of 1907 by Besant, Annie Wood

There is intelligence, thought, psychism, mind, in these phenomena.

From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille

Spirituality is the Self-realisation of the One; psychism is the manifestation of the powers of consciousness through organised matter.

From London Lectures of 1907 by Besant, Annie Wood

For instance, if it is claimed in the name of supernaturalism and psychism that a man is unhappy because he is vicious, it is equivalent to making a one-sided statement.

From The Positive School of Criminology Three Lectures Given at the University of Naples, Italy on April 22, 23 and 24, 1901 by Ferri, Enrico

I've no faith in mysticism or psychism of any kind.

From The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance by Corelli, Marie