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spiritualist

['spɪrɪtʃuəlɪst]

n. 唯心论者；巫师

中文词源

spiritualist 招魂者，巫师

spiritualism,招魂术，-ist,人。

英文词源

spiritualist (n.): 1852, "one who believes in the ability of the living to communicate with the dead via a medium," from spiritual + -ist (also see spirit (n.)). Earlier (1640s) "one with regard for spiritual things." Related Spiritualistic.
Every two or three years the Americans have a paroxysm of humbug -- ... at the present time it is Spiritual-ism. [J.Dix, "Transatlantic Tracings," 1853]

双语例句

1. He was a poet and an ardent spiritualist.: 他是位诗人，也是忠实的招魂论者。

2. " That's Jules Wallace, the spiritualist. ": “ 他叫朱尔斯-华莱士, 是个招魂专家.