occultism Definition
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occult
adj
- 1. Involving, using or dealing with that which is magical, mystical or supernatural.
2. Beyond ordinary understanding.
3. Secret, hidden or esoteric.
- Thesaurus: secret, hidden, obscure, abstruse, impenetrable, recondite, veiled, esoteric, cabalistic, mysterious.
- 1. The knowledge and study of that which is magical, mystical or supernatural (see the 4b).
- Thesaurus: magic, black magic, mysticism, spiritualism, supernaturalism, the black arts, witchcraft.
- Form: the occult
- tr & intr
1. To hide or conceal something, or to be hidden or concealed.
- Thesaurus: conceal, hide, mask, veil, cover up, block, eclipse, screen, obscure; Antonym: reveal.
2. astron.
- Said of a celestial body: to obscure (another celestial body) or to be obscured by occultation.
3. Said of lights, especially the light in a lighthouse, or beacons, etc: to become temporarily invisible at regular intervals.
noun
- The doctrine or study of the supernatural, and practices purporting to achieve communication with things hidden and mysterious.
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