Etymology

pseudospirituality

Today it means: A system of spiritual beliefs or practices that is understood as inauthentic or incorrect. Full definition →

English spirituality ← Middle French spiritualité ← Late Latin spīrituālitās
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  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  6. Latinspīrō
  7. Latinspīritus
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Latinspīritālis
  11. Late Latinspīrituālitās
  12. Middle Frenchspiritualité
  13. Englishspirituality
  14. English todaypseudospirituality

From pseudo- + spirituality.

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