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OCCULTIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("occultist" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "occultist"):
Chaldaean; Chaldean; Chaldee (a wise man skilled in occult learning)
enchantress; witch (a female sorcerer or magician)
psychic (a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception)
magician; necromancer; sorcerer; thaumaturge; thaumaturgist; wizard (one who practices magic or sorcery)
Derivation:
occultism (a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control)
occultism (the study of the supernatural)