occultism

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the study of the supernatural
noun a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control

Borrowed from French occultisme, analyzable as occult + -ism.

Occultism, as you term it, has never interested me." — The black kiss, Robert Bloch
Palmer, like Burton, had leanings towards occultism; crystal gazing, philosopher's stone hunting. — The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Thomas Wright
The subject, a widely known architect with leanings toward theosophy and occultism, went violently insane on the date of young Wilcox's seizure, and expired several months later after incessant screamings to be saved from some escaped denizen of hell. — The call of Cthulhu, H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

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