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US
/ˈmɪstɪk/
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[ UK /mˈɪstɪk/ ]
[ UK /mˈɪstɪk/ ]
NOUN
- someone who believes in the existence of realities beyond human comprehension
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or characteristic of mysticism
mystical religion -
relating to or resembling mysticism
mystical theories about the securities market
mystical intuition -
having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
the mystical style of Blake
occult lore
the secret learning of the ancients
mysterious symbols
How To Use mystic In A Sentence
- When he looks at you like that, you feel like you're standing at the verge of a bottomless abyss, a void so deep that it has its own mystical gravitation.
- All this mysticism promoted a general mistrust of alchemists.
- His maternal grandfather, who fled Russia to avoid conscription by the tsarist army, was a Hebrew scholar, mystic, mathematician, and inventor who made boots and shoes for a living.
- In contrast to less specific methods of treatment, the social skill training approaches have the advantage of lending themselves to this sort of concise, nonmystical explanation. Planned Short-Term Treatment
- Even traditions with heavy theurgic elements don't need to be ‘mystic’.
- Curiously, while sperm whales unquestionably have teeth, recent molecular data and a reanalysis of their anatomy has suggested that they may be highly derived mysticetes.
- Quit sitting around with your theological mystical excuses and get busy building the temple that I said would be the place my presence resides. Christianity Today
- Madonna is there with 2,000 other students of kabala, the tradition of Jewish mysticism. CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2004
- The couple have become devotees of the mystical sect of Judaism - Kabbalah.
- The men believe the twins hold mystical powers that make them invincible in their battles against the Myanmar military.