English Dictionary

spiritualism

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈspɪɹɪtjuəlɪzəm/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.

日本語の意味

物質主義に対して、神性の超越と現実の霊的性質、及び意識の内面的価値を主張する学説または思想

Her study focused on spiritualism as a philosophical position that asserts the transcendence of the divine and the altogether spiritual character of reality, valuing the inwardness of consciousness.

彼女の研究は、物質主義に反対し、神の超越性や現実が完全に精神的であるという性質、そして意識の内面性の重要性を主張する精神主義に焦点を当てていた。

意味（1）

(philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.

What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.

意味（2）

A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in a broader sense than spiritism/Kardecism.

I wish it were possible to impress this truth upon people who rush into spiritualism from curiosity, or who try table rapping or some similar phenomenon for fun.

意味（3）

The quality or state of being spiritual.

spiritualisms （ plural ）