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psychism
psychism (ˈsaɪkɪzəm) n1. (Alternative Belief Systems) the belief in a universal soul; the attributing of souls to inanimate objects or phenomena2. (Alternative Belief Systems) the doctrine proposing the existence of psychic phenomenapsychismthe doctrines concerning the second of three Gnostic orders of mankind, those endowed with souls and free wills, savable through the right use of the latter. Cf. hylicism, pneumatism.See also: Philosophy
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psy·chism (sī'kizm), The theory that a principle of life pervades all nature. [G. psychē, soul] extrasensory perception Paranormal
(1) The alleged awareness of another person’s thoughts, allegedly mediated by poorly characterised “factors”.
(2) Reception of information not gained through the physical senses but rather through the mind, which encompasses psychic abilities (e.g., telepathy and clairvoyance) and their transtemporal operation as precognition or retrocognition. |