[1865–70; medium + -istic]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dunk, figure skating, goulash, maverick, springboard-istic is a suffix of adjectives (and in the plural, of nouns from adjectives) formed fromnouns ending in -ist and having reference to such nouns, or to associated nouns in -ism (deistic; euphuistic; puristic). In nouns, it usually has a plural form (linguistics)
Examples of 'mediumistic' in a sentence
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New studies employing rigorous design (e.g.triple-blind protocols to test accuracy of mediumistic communications), and sensitive methods are required.
Marco Aurélio Vinhosa Bastos Jr., Paulo Roberto Haidamus de Oliveira Bastos, LídiaMaria Gonçalves, Igraíne Helena Scholz Osório, Giancarlo Lucchetti 2015, 'Mediumship: review of quantitatives studies published in the 21st century', Archives of Clinical Psychiatryhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-60832015000500129&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)