espiritismo
Portuguese
Etymology
From espírito + -ismo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pi.ɾiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/, /es.pi.ɾiˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pi.ɾiˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/, /eʃ.pi.ɾiˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pi.ɾiˈt͡ʃiz.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pi.ɾiˈtiʒ.mu/
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ri‧tis‧mo
Noun
espiritismo m (usually uncountable, plural espiritismos)
- Spiritism, Kardecism (a religious and philosophical doctrine developed by Allan Kardec)
- Synonym: kardecismo
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:espiritismo.
Related terms
- espírita
Spanish
Etymology
From espírito + -ismo.
Noun
espiritismo m (plural espiritismos)
- Spiritism (a religious and philosophical doctrine concerned with communication with the dead)
Derived terms
- espiritista
Further reading
- “espiritismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014