spookism

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noun

Spooky or ghostly things; spookery.

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Meanings

nounspookism (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableSpooky or ghostly things; spookery.

    This first sound version of The Bat is half-creaky, half-canny spookism.

    2019, Donald C. Willis, Chronology of Classic Horror Films: The 1930s
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    Can't you omit some spookism, which is simply "rot"? I feel like writing to your "spiritual" friends to spare you.

    1908, The Humanitarian Review, volume 7, page 441

    [I]mages and symbols of the cat were dedicated to the moon, the moon being universally regarded as the quintessence of everything supernatural, the very cockpit, in fact, of mystery and spookism.

    2015, Elliott O'Donnell, Animal Ghosts

Origin

From spook + -ism.

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APA

spookism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spookism

MLA

“spookism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spookism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spookism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spookism.

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