mediumistic

[ mee-dee-uh-mis-tik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to a spiritualistic medium.

mediumistic

/ ˌmiːdɪəˈmɪstɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to a spiritual medium

Word History and Origins

Origin of mediumistic¹

First recorded in 1865–70; medium + -istic

Example Sentences

“You’ve been here nearly a week and I suppose you’ve done nothing with planchette? Automatic writing? I don’t imagine either of these young women has mediumistic gifts? Those are Arthur’s bags right there. He brought his golf clubs, just in case.”

From Literature

And, finally, she can talk through his mouth, thus communicating directly with the narrator while Matthew is in a sort of mediumistic trance.

From Slate

Among its best-known exponents are Henry Darger, who painted baroque adventure stories featuring heroic female children known as the Vivian Girls, and Madge Gill, an English outsider artist who created thousands of mediumistic ink drawings through a spirit presence she called "Myrninerest".

From The Guardian

My mediumistic experiences with Mme.

From Project Gutenberg

We can get a large number of mediumistic phenomena with a light strong enough for us to distinguish things with certainty.

From Project Gutenberg