spiritualist

American  

[spir-i-choo-uh-list] / ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu ə lɪst /

noun

1. an adherent of spiritualism.

2. a person who is concerned with or insists on the spiritual side of things.

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Other Word Forms

• antispiritualist noun

Etymology

Origin of spiritualist

First recorded in 1640–50; spiritual + -ist

Example Sentences

A spiritualist, newspaper publisher and political activist, Woodhull defied social convention in nearly every aspect of her eventful life.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Twelve! Only twelve? But Lady Furbisher had hundreds of guests when her spiritualist was in town,” Lady Constance protested.

From Literature

The image of Ginsberg that vividly emerges is that of an angry, bushily bearded man, polemicizing about corporations and the Times’s malign influence, and often breaking out in spiritualist chanting, all to Hujar’s profound disinterest.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sennott has dropped the spiritualist concept of the Saturn return in many interviews to describe her show’s central theme.

From Salon

A few years after legendary magician Harry Houdini crusaded against spiritualists and mediums, spook shows started popping up throughout North America and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times