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Hermeticism

[ hur-met-uh-siz-uhm ]

noun

(sometimes lowercase)
  1. the body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings.
  2. adherence to the ideas expressed in Hermetic writings.
  3. the occult sciences, especially alchemy.


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Other Word Forms

  • ·i· adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hermeticism1

First recorded in 1890–95; hermetic + -ism
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Indeed, Christians often confuse hermeticism with Satanism.

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This can be attributed in part to the very nature of distance running, which – like gymnastics, swimming and diving – can engender hermeticism.

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While Erik af Klint had been close to his aunt, he knew nothing of her work or spiritual ideas, which Johan says included theosophy, Rosicrucianism, hermeticism and an esoteric strain of Christianity.

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On the other hand, the hermeticism of the action in “Parabellum” is what lends it an uncanny paranoiac frisson.

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Durant is the most self-conscious star in the league, and he inhabits that particular space with ascetic hermeticism.

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