"psychicism" meaning in All languages combined

See psychicism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: psychic + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|psychic|ism}} psychic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} psychicism (uncountable)
  1. The study of psychic ability. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-psychicism-en-noun-u1MOt6yB
  2. Psychic ability. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-psychicism-en-noun-UalpzpWr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: psychicist

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