mysticism

Meaning

Noun

• The beliefs, ideas, or thoughts of mystics.
• A doctrine of direct communication or spiritual intuition of divine truth.
• A transcendental union of soul or mind with the divine reality or divinity.
• Obscure thoughts and speculations.

Related

Opposite words

• rationalism

Origin

• From mystic + ism, from Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός ("secret, mystic"), from μύστης from μῡ́ω. Confer Asturian misticismu, Catalan misticisme, French mysticisme, German Mystizismus, Italian misticismo, Portuguese misticismo, Sicilian misticisimu, Spanish misticismo.