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MYSTIC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension

Synonyms:

mystic; religious mystic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mystic" is a kind of...):

believer; worshiper; worshipper (a person who has religious faith)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mystic"):

quietist (a religious mystic who follows quietism)

Instance hyponyms:

Buddha; Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Gautama Siddhartha; Siddhartha (founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC))

Chuang-tzu (4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism)

Behmen; Boehm; Boehme; Bohme; Jakob Behmen; Jakob Boehm; Jakob Boehme; Jakob Bohme (German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624))

Eckhart; Johannes Eckhart; Meister Eckhart (German Roman Catholic theologian and mystic (1260-1327))

Derivation:

mystic; mystical (having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding)

mystical (relating to or characteristic of mysticism)

mystical (relating to or resembling mysticism)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

Example:

the secret learning of the ancients

Synonyms:

mysterious; mystic; mystical; occult; orphic; secret

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)

Derivation:

mystic (someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of mysticism

Example:

mystical religion

Synonyms:

mystic; mystical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

mysticism (a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality)

Derivation:

mysticism (a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Relating to or resembling mysticism

Example:

mystical theories about the securities market

Synonyms:

mystic; mystical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

mysticism (obscure or irrational thought)

Derivation:

mysticism (obscure or irrational thought)

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