Synonyms for
Mystic
Definition
relating to mysteries or mystical beliefs
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Common collocations
- mystic experience
- mystic ritual
- mystic symbol
- mystic arts
- mystic union
- mystic power
- mystic tradition
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Usage note
While 'mystic' can refer to a person, it often describes something related to spiritual or supernatural phenomena that are beyond ordinary understanding. It can sometimes carry connotations of being obscure or even irrational.
Example sentences
- The mystic symbols on the wall were hard to decipher.
- She had a mystic feeling that something was about to happen.
- The old book was full of mystic tales and legends.
- The mystic teachings of the ancient civilization were lost over time.
- The mystic aura surrounding the old castle was eerie and unsettling.
Quotes
'The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science.' - Albert Einstein
'The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.' - Abraham Lincoln
'We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.' - Teilhard de Chardin