unmysticaladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɪstᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɪstək(ə)l/ Not mystical.
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unmystical1821
rationalist1827
rationalistic1828
1821 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater in London Mag. Oct. 361/2 Sir H. Vane, the younger, was one of our wisest men: and let my readers see if he, in his philosophical works, be half as unmystical as I am.
1862 F. D. Maurice Mod. Philos. ii. §18. 45 He..is ready to quote..from the most unmystical authors, such as Cicero and Terence.
1899 W. R. Inge Christian Mysticism 278 We cannot be surprised that the unmystical Eighteenth Century declared [etc.].
1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day viii. 147 Her essentially practical and unmystical mind.
2003 C. R. Backman Worlds Medieval Europe xvi. 365 He may have intended it only as a poetic image, but to unmystical Dominicans it smacked of pantheism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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