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单词 mystic
释义
mystic
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɪs.tɪk/us
/ˈmɪs.tɪk/
someone whoattemptsto beunitedwithGodthroughprayer:
神秘主义者
François Leclerc du Tremblay, alsoknownas Père Joseph, was aFrenchdiplomatand mystic.
He says that a mysticinspiredhim torunforoffice.
More examples
  • Mystics have alwaysknownthat wecreateourownreality.
  • Cryingbecameapartofspiritualdisciplinefor many mystics.
  • It istemptingtothinkof him as asecularmystic.
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mystic
adjective
uk/ˈmɪs.tɪk/us/ˈmɪs.tɪk/
relatingtomagicor havingmagicpowers,especiallyof asecret,dark, ormysteriouskind:
Thetownisfullofshopssellingtarotcards,booksabout leylines, and mysticamulets.
Thewholescenehas a mystic,fairy-talequality.
Synonyms
magical
mystical
relatingto thebeliefthat there ishiddenmeaninginlife, or that eachhumanbeing canunitewithGod:
Thestorydepictshow asoulgainsmysticknowledge.
Synonym
mystical
More examples
  • Thereseemedto be some mysticpowersatwork.
  • He went toIndiatolearnmore about the mystichealingpowersofyoga.
  • Hergrandmotherwas into the mysticreligion"espiritismo".
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(Definition ofmysticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
mystic
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɪs.tɪk/us
/ˈmɪs.tɪk/
someone whoattemptsto beunitedwithGodthroughprayer
神秘主义者

mystic| American Dictionary

mystic
noun[C]
us
/ˈmɪs·tɪk/
apersonwhotriestocommunicatedirectlywithGodor otherforcescontrollingtheuniverse:
Hisideasmightsoundfamiliarto NewAgemysticstoday.
(Definition ofmysticfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmystic

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Doesn't the personal universal-selfmysticneed to claim some sort of paranormal power in order to represent the self as the entire universe?
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All the while her thought was trying to justify her delight in the colours by merging them in hermysticreligious joy.
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In either case, the postponement of human ageing is no longer a prospect confined to mystics and charlatans.
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While the offspring of such an upbringing ended up spending their lives in religion, their parents were neither clerics nor mystics.
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So the more great mystics we know little about, the weaker is the detractor's case.
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People's religion takes many forms, for example,mysticorders, fundamentalist movements, proletarian urban protests, bazaar merchant's associations, academic fora.
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No more did he wallow inmysticcontemplation of ecstatic union with the divine.
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This is what the mystics claim, though they usually describe such divine discourse as silence.
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Nevertheless, their stories do cast doubt on the putative connection between power needs and being an important theisticmystic.
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This may be what pushes themysticinto the limelight, whether she seeks it or not.
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When themysticattains ma'rifa, he must never forsake this adherence.
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Obviously, there is a hierarchy, with prophetic discourse, although ambiguous, ranking as the most authoritative, and the poetic andmysticforms at the bottom.
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Another group of works aspires to the sublime rather than the ridiculous, conflating the exposed teeth of the singer with those of the raptmystic.
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Far from subsiding intomysticgleams, ghosts were often more prosaically present than the living.
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Put another way, the theistic mystics we consider ' great ' or ' important ' are that way in part because of their success in publicizing themselves.
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