Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spiritualism

3 senses of spiritualism

Sense 1
spiritualism -- ((theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God)
       => theological doctrine -- (the doctrine of a religious group)

Sense 2
spiritualism -- (the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium))
       => belief -- (any cognitive content held as true)

Sense 3
spirituality, spiritualism, spiritism, otherworldliness -- (concern with things of the spirit)
       => inwardness, internality -- (preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values); "Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch)