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单词 mystic
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Definition of mystic in English:

mystic

noun ˈmɪstɪkˈmɪstɪk
  • A person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect.

    神秘主义者(依靠默祷冥想及自我捐弃,寻求达到与神或绝对者为一,或出神与之相合,或者相信通过精神觉悟把握人类智力所不及的真理)

    the poetry of the 16th-century Spanish mystic, St John of the Cross
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the other hand, Indian sages, philosophers and mystics have held out a shining vision that has inspired the world.
    • He quotes abundantly from Scripture, medieval mystics and gifted contemporary writers.
    • Christian mystics warn that one has to be ready to let go of everything, even oneself.
    • The words of later Hebrew mystics capture accurately prophetic consciousness.
    • But although such imagery is offered in scripture and probed by mystics, it is seldom celebrated in church tradition.
    • In this view, many religious magicians are not mystics.
    • The great mystics and saints have told us that the spiritual journey does include a kind of retreat from the world.
    • Remember, these were humble tradesmen, not high-powered rabbis or mystics.
    • Your positions on religion, mystics, psychics, new age medicine, etc. are a breath of fresh air.
    • To be sure, no priest with a decent theological training would want to suggest that any or all his parishioners can become mystics or visionaries.
    • Jung's experience was similar to that undergone by shamans and religious mystics, as well as some artists, writers, and philosophers.
    • Probably not a direct relationship, but it's interesting to look at some of the great contemporary mystics.
    • Most women writers were dismissed as mystics or visionaries, and some as mentally ill.
    • Some Christian mystics champion this view, but orthodox theologians rejected it early on.
    • Freeman, like numerous mystics and contemplatives before him, shows us that our main problem is ourselves.
    • After all, I had learned from hard experience that there are few bona fide mystics in the world today.
    • Through the ages Christian mystics have also pursued joy through ascetic, rather than ecstatic, disciplines.
    • College undergraduates are not the only people who respond to Christian women mystics in this way.
    • Like the monastics and mystics at their best, Bondi has a gift for seeing God everywhere.
    • Are they behind the mysterious powers of fortune-tellers, mystics, clairvoyants, and palm readers?
    Synonyms
    seer, oracle, prophet, prophetess, soothsayer, sibyl, augur, diviner, prognosticator, clairvoyant, psychic, crystal gazer
adjective ˈmɪstɪkˈmɪstɪk
  • another term for mystical
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, there are many mystic traditions that consider dancing as the roadway to God.
    • Their religious rituals shroud themselves in mystic diversity.
    • It was at once the most sacrilegious and yet mystic moment many of them had ever experienced.
    • Do we need to invoke some sort of mystic intuition?
    • It is also an astonishingly powerful, elemental and mystic structure.
    Synonyms
    spiritual, religious, transcendental, transcendent, paranormal, other-worldly, supernatural, preternatural, non-rational, occult, metaphysical, ineffable
    cryptic, concealed, hidden, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, recondite, inscrutable, inexplicable, unfathomable, mysterious, secret, enigmatic, occult, cabbalistic, obscure, unrevealed

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'mystical meaning'): from Old French mystique, or via Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs 'initiated person' from muein 'close the eyes or lips', also 'initiate'. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 17th century.

Rhymes

aoristic, artistic, autistic, cystic, deistic, distich, egoistic, fistic, holistic, juristic, logistic, monistic, puristic, sadistic, Taoistic, theistic, truistic, veristic

Definition of mystic in US English:

mystic

nounˈmɪstɪkˈmistik
  • A person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect.

    神秘主义者(依靠默祷冥想及自我捐弃,寻求达到与神或绝对者为一,或出神与之相合,或者相信通过精神觉悟把握人类智力所不及的真理)

    the poetry of the 16th-century Spanish mystic, St. John of the Cross
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Through the ages Christian mystics have also pursued joy through ascetic, rather than ecstatic, disciplines.
    • Probably not a direct relationship, but it's interesting to look at some of the great contemporary mystics.
    • Freeman, like numerous mystics and contemplatives before him, shows us that our main problem is ourselves.
    • Your positions on religion, mystics, psychics, new age medicine, etc. are a breath of fresh air.
    • In this view, many religious magicians are not mystics.
    • The great mystics and saints have told us that the spiritual journey does include a kind of retreat from the world.
    • He quotes abundantly from Scripture, medieval mystics and gifted contemporary writers.
    • To be sure, no priest with a decent theological training would want to suggest that any or all his parishioners can become mystics or visionaries.
    • But although such imagery is offered in scripture and probed by mystics, it is seldom celebrated in church tradition.
    • Are they behind the mysterious powers of fortune-tellers, mystics, clairvoyants, and palm readers?
    • Like the monastics and mystics at their best, Bondi has a gift for seeing God everywhere.
    • College undergraduates are not the only people who respond to Christian women mystics in this way.
    • Christian mystics warn that one has to be ready to let go of everything, even oneself.
    • Jung's experience was similar to that undergone by shamans and religious mystics, as well as some artists, writers, and philosophers.
    • After all, I had learned from hard experience that there are few bona fide mystics in the world today.
    • Most women writers were dismissed as mystics or visionaries, and some as mentally ill.
    • Some Christian mystics champion this view, but orthodox theologians rejected it early on.
    • Remember, these were humble tradesmen, not high-powered rabbis or mystics.
    • The words of later Hebrew mystics capture accurately prophetic consciousness.
    • On the other hand, Indian sages, philosophers and mystics have held out a shining vision that has inspired the world.
    Synonyms
    seer, oracle, prophet, prophetess, soothsayer, sibyl, augur, diviner, prognosticator, clairvoyant, psychic, crystal gazer
adjectiveˈmɪstɪkˈmistik
  • another term for mystical
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was at once the most sacrilegious and yet mystic moment many of them had ever experienced.
    • Their religious rituals shroud themselves in mystic diversity.
    • Do we need to invoke some sort of mystic intuition?
    • In fact, there are many mystic traditions that consider dancing as the roadway to God.
    • It is also an astonishingly powerful, elemental and mystic structure.
    Synonyms
    spiritual, religious, transcendental, transcendent, paranormal, other-worldly, supernatural, preternatural, non-rational, occult, metaphysical, ineffable
    cryptic, concealed, hidden, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, recondite, inscrutable, inexplicable, unfathomable, mysterious, secret, enigmatic, occult, cabbalistic, obscure, unrevealed

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘mystical meaning’): from Old French mystique, or via Latin from Greek mustikos, from mustēs ‘initiated person’ from muein ‘close the eyes or lips’, also ‘initiate’. The current sense of the noun dates from the late 17th century.

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