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单词 metapsychist
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metapsychistn.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈsʌɪkɪst/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈsaɪkᵻst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meta- prefix, psychist n. 1
Etymology: < meta- prefix + psychist n. 1, after metapsychics n. Compare French métapsychiste (1921; 1896 as adjective in sense ‘spiritual, psychical’).
Now rare.
A spiritualist, a parapsychologist; spec. an expert in or student of metapsychics.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > spiritualist or medium
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metapsychist1922
1922 B. Miall tr. M. Maeterlinck Great Secret xi. 216 Our occultists, who are now assuming the name of metapsychists.
1927 Brit. Jrnl. Psychical Res. 1 vii. 207 It was said that the English spiritualists did not understand the French metapsychists.
1928 Daily Express 27 June 6/4 What a palpitating problem for the psychologists and the metapsychists!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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