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mediumistic

American  
[mee-dee-uh-mis-tik] / ˌmi di əˈmɪs tɪk /

adjective

  1. pertaining to a spiritualistic medium.


mediumistic British  
/ ˌmiːdɪəˈmɪstɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a spiritual medium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of mediumistic

First recorded in 1865–70; medium + -istic

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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.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2015

There is certainly lots here to enchant, including Madge Gill's mediumistic fantasies and Henry Darger's cartoon tales of the fictional Robert Vivian's seven precocious daughters and the giant-winged Blengigomeneans.

From The Guardian Jun. 25, 2010

If the story is true, it goes some way to explain the mediumistic confidence with which Picasso worked.

From Time Magazine Archive

Automatic handwriting, mediumistic speech and the like phenomena of spiritualism can be rationally explained as exhibits of hypnotism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Professor Porro then sets forth the actual state of the question relating to mediumistic 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

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