occult
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noun (the occult)
supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena:
〖the ～〗 超自然学, 神秘学, 霊術, 霊的行為
e.g. a secret society to study alchemy and the occult.
adjective
1. of, involving, or relating to supernatural, mystical, or magical powers or phenomena:
〖名詞の前で〗魔術的な, 神秘的な.
e.g. a follower of occult practices similar to voodoo.
beyond the range of ordinary knowledge or experience; mysterious:
e.g. a weird occult sensation of having experienced the identical situation before.
communicated only to the initiated; esoteric:
e.g. the typically occult language of the time.
2. Medicine (of a disease or process) not accompanied by readily discernible signs or symptoms.
(of blood) abnormally present, e.g., in feces, but detectable only chemically or microscopically.
verb with object
cut off from view by interposing something:
e.g. a wooden screen designed to occult the competitors.
Astronomy (of a celestial body) conceal (an apparently smaller body) from view by passing or being in front of it:
e.g. the Moon occults Mars during daylight on March 22.
DERIVATIVES
occultation |ˌäkəlˈtāSH(ə)n| noun
occultism |əˈkəlˌtizəm| noun
occultist |əˈkəltəst| noun
occultly |əˈkəltlē| adverb
occultness |əˈkəltnəs| noun
ORIGIN
late 15th century (as a verb): from Latin occultare ‘secrete’, frequentative of occulere ‘conceal’, based on celare ‘to hide’; the adjective and noun from occult- ‘covered over’, from the verb occulere.