neo-mysticaladj.n.
/ˌniːəʊˈmɪstᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈmɪstək(ə)l/ Mystical in a new form or modern context. Also as n.: a neo-mystical person, esp. a writer.
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1899 W. R. Inge Christian Mysticism vii. 262 The so-called neo-mystical school of modern France.
1924 L. Lewisohn Creative Life 13 I am more and more tempted to flee from the works of the very subtle and the neo-mystical to works that I can understand.
1983 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 55 217 Croce sees ‘a cold wind of cynicism and brutality’..which inflates the ‘pseudonaturalist superstitions’ and ‘neo-mystical hypocrisy’ of a D'Annunzio into expressions of culture.
1991 Amer. Hist. Rev. 96 546 The neomystical visions of Werner Herzog.
2000 Guardian 13 Dec. i. 17/2 Their religion, the neo-mystical Sunda Wiwitan faith, states that the Sunda people of West Java were the first people on earth and if they do not live as god originally intended disaster will strike.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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