mysticistn.
/ˈmɪstᵻsɪst/, U.S. /ˈmɪstəsəst/ rare.
A practitioner or advocate of mysticism or mystical interpretation.
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1860 R. Williams in Ess. & Rev. 64 The later mysticists charitably prayed for Hillel, because his expositions had been historical.
1926 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 10 Jan. 6/4 He [sc. Theodore Dreiser] is at heart a mysticist and a fatalist, though using the realistic method.
1994 Jrnl. Nietzsche Stud. 7 44 One is liable to get shot at by people who are in a hurry to interpret texts, who call you a neo-Nazi, a nihilist, a relativist, a mysticist, or whatever.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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