əˈkəlˌtizəm, ˈä(ˌ)kə- noun
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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary occult (II) + -ism
: occult theory or practice : a belief in hidden or mysterious powers and the possibility of subjecting them to human control
occultisms, incantations, glimpses of the beyond, intimations of another world — L.P.Smith
a kind of experimental occultism which relied on psychic phenomena for its proofs — Times Literary Supplement