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Meaning of "psychism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PSYCHISM

psychism  [ˈsaɪkɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSYCHISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Psychism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PSYCHISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

psychism

Psychic

A psychic is a person who claims to have an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception, or who is said by others to have such abilities. The word "psychic" is also used to describe theatrical performers, such as stage magicians, who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot reading to produce the appearance of such abilities. It can also denote an ability of the mind to influence the world physically using psychokinetic powers such as those formerly claimed by Uri Geller. Psychics appear regularly in fantasy fiction, such as in the novel The Dead Zone by Stephen King. A large industry and network exists whereby psychics provide advice and counsel to clients. Some famous psychics include Edgar Cayce, Ingo Swann, Peter Hurkos, Miss Cleo, John Edward, and Sylvia Browne. Psychic powers are asserted by psychic detectives and in practices such as psychic archaeology and even psychic surgery. Critics attribute psychic powers to intentional trickery or to self-delusion. In 1988 the U.S.

Definition of psychism in the English dictionary

The definition of psychism in the dictionary is the belief in a universal soul or the attributing of souls to inanimate objects or phenomena. Other definition of psychism is the proposition of psychic phenomena or psychic activity itself.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSYCHISM


anarchism
ˈænəˌkɪzəm
catechism
ˈkætɪˌkɪzəm
cryptorchism
krɪpˈtɔːkɪzəm
eunuchism
ˈjuːnəˌkɪzəm
geekism
ˈɡiːkɪzəm
Greenbackism
ˈɡriːnˌbækɪzəm
Lamarckism
lɑːˈmɑːkɪzəm
lookism
ˈlʊkɪzəm
masochism
ˈmæsəˌkɪzəm
monachism
ˈmɒnəˌkɪzəm
monarchism
ˈmɒnəkɪzəm
panpsychism
pænˈsaɪkɪzəm
psychicism
ˈsaɪkɪkɪzəm
sadomasochism
ˌseɪdəʊˈmæsəˌkɪzəm
schism
ˈskɪzəm
Sikhism
ˈsiːkɪzəm
Sinarquism
ˈsɪnɑːˌkɪzəm
synecdochism
sɪnˈɛkdəˌkɪzəm
Turkism
ˈtɜːkɪzəm
tychism
ˈtaɪkɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSYCHISM

psychiater
psychiatric
psychiatric social worker
psychiatrical
psychiatrically
psychiatrist
psychiatry
psychic
psychic determinism
psychical
psychically
psychicism
psychicist
psychist
psycho
psychoacoustic
psychoacoustics
psychoactive
psychoanal.
psychoanalyse

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSYCHISM

anthropomorphism
automorphism
Birchism
Buddhism
churchism
dimorphism
fetichism
fetishism
Great Schism
hierarchism
homomorphism
isomorphism
metamorphism
monorchism
ostrichism
patriarchism
polymorphism
revanchism
sexual dimorphism
Shorter Catechism

Synonyms and antonyms of psychism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «psychism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PSYCHISM

Find out the translation of psychism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of psychism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «psychism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

psychism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

psiquismo
570 millions of speakers

English

psychism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

psychism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

psychism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

психизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

psiquismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

psychism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

psychisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Psikis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Psychismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

心霊説
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

psychism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Psikis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

psychism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

psychism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानसिकता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

psychism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

psichismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

psychiki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

псіхізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

psihism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψυχισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

psychism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

psykism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

psychism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of psychism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PSYCHISM»

The term «psychism» is normally little used and occupies the 149.560 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PSYCHISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «psychism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «psychism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about psychism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSYCHISM»

Discover the use of psychism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to psychism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Varieties of Psychism
1914. Forward by A. Besant. Lower and Higher Psychisms; Psychology of Psychics; Value of Psychism.
J. I. Wedgwood, 2010
2
Psychism: Analysis of Things Existing: Essays
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Paul Gibier, 2008
3
Varieties of Psychism
Having applied themselves diligently to study in these unfamiliar and difficult regions of thought, to their surprise and chagrin their psychism has faded away! It was the lower psychism, and the strenuous intellectual effort involved has brought ...
J. I Wedgwood
4
The Psychic and Psychism
A Comprehensive Presentation Of All Aspects Of The World Of Psychic Phenomena In Which The Author, In Preparing The Work, Has Sacrificed Everything To Simplicity And Plainness.
A. C. Halphide, 2010
5
Somnolism and Psychism Or the Science of the Soul and the ...
1851. As revealed by vital magnetism or mesmerism, considered physiologically and philosophically, with notes of mesmeric and psychical experience.
Joseph W. Haddock, 2003
6
Unknown Life of Jesus Christ and Dangers of Psychism
Illustrated. The author suggests that Christ visited Tibet on a spiritual quest. Also included are essays by H. S. Olcott, a theosophist, and Elizabeth Harlow, a spiritualist, on "Dangers of Psychism," notes on the spiritual world.
Virchand R. Gandhi, H. S. et al Olcott, 2003
7
Polyphonic Thinking and the Divine
separation is, as Levinas says, the psychism's self-accomplishment. It is its work —as opposed, for example, to labor, which is little more than the perpetual (and thus futureless) self-preserving effort of the psychism to keep the element at bay ...
Jim Kanaris, 2013
8
Emmanuel Levinas: The Problem of Ethical Metaphysics
... has been closed to history remains open. The destiny of the individual is distinct from historical destiny (Tel 25-26/TI 55). The being of interiority, the being that resists the totalizing historical process, is designated by Levinas as psychism .
Edith Wyschogrod, 2000
9
Levinas and the Ancients
In Totality and Infinity, the psychism is characterized as an egoism that actually enables the I to separate itself from the anonymity of the ily a, of pure being. As such, it represents an ontological moment in the activity of self-constitution of the  ...
Brian Schroeder, Silvia Benso, 2008
10
Narcotics, Alcohol and Psychism According to Occultism
THIS 24 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The Voice of Isis, by Harriett Augusta Curtiss. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596990.
Harriett Augusta Curtiss, F. Homer Curtiss, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSYCHISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term psychism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
On Human Equality and the Nonhuman
... the assemblage theory of Gilles Deleuze, and various strains of speculative realism, including object-oriented philosophy and pan-psychism, among others. «Brooklyn Rail, Jul 15»
2
Seance-as-Theatre Experiment BONEYARDS Continues on 7/26 …
Be amazed as a live seance yields messages for audience members. Psychism? Telepathy? Subconscious ideomotor impulses? Watch, decide, leave smiling, ... «Broadway World, Jul 14»
3
Scientism and Bertrand Russell's Neutral Monism
The obvious weakness of Russellian neutral monism is the implication of pan-psychism -- the notion that there is or at least can be a little bit of "mind" in ... «Discovery Institute, Dec 13»
4
Astrology GIFs for the Week of November 11, 2013
If there is a tendency for occultism, this transit will increase it and give practical ability for some form of psychism, such as clear dreaming or mediumship. «New York Magazine, Nov 13»
5
Going against God "just for fun"
'Since you have scarcely learned the elements of self-control, in psychism, you must suffer bad consequences. You draw to yourself the nearest and strongest ... «RenewAmerica, May 13»
6
Parking 501: Advanced Techniques
Psychism? No. Psychic parking typically only works in West Marin and in Berkeley, where the local parking gods are open to that sort of thing. This is even easier ... «7x7, Nov 12»
7
Psychism: Defining Discrimination of Psychiatry
The mental health toll of discrimination of any sort is great. There have been several or more “isms” that refer to discrimination and/or prejudice against certain ... «Psychiatric Times, Jun 12»
8
Put your cards on the table
But in the beginning, Brisebois' psychism wasn't encouraged. ... "Most people, when they have some kind of psychism, when they become teenagers they either ... «The Lacombe Globe, Feb 12»
9
Richard Dawkins Takes the Magic Out of Reality
If any supernatural phenomenon, from psychism to biblical miracles, turns out to be true, only science can prove its truth, and therefore it won't be supernatural in ... «Huffington Post, Oct 11»
10
New Atheist Atheology
That everything has subjective experience? Pan-psychism? Or just certain things, such as things with brains like us, have subjective experience? But that's just a ... «Discovery Institute, Nov 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Psychism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/psychism>. Apr 2024 ».
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