MYSTICISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Obscure or irrational thought

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)

Derivation:

mystic (relating to or resembling mysticism)

mystical (relating to or characteristic of mysticism)

mystical (relating to or resembling mysticism)

Meaning:

A religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

Synonyms:

mysticism; religious mysticism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

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

quietism (a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God)

Sufism (Islamic mysticism)

Derivation:

mystic; mystical (relating to or characteristic of mysticism)

mystical (relating to or resembling mysticism)