Spiritualism in Malayalam

Spiritualism is അദ്ധ്യാത്മദര്‍ശനം (addhyathma drshanam), a compound naming the philosophy concerned with realising the soul. It belongs to books on religion and philosophy rather than to conversation. Seven syllables, and it is usually written as one word.

Most common translation

അദ്ധ്യാത്മദര്‍ശനം (addhyathma drshanam)

Spiritualism, philosophy regarding soul- realization.

അച്ഛന് അദ്ധ്യാത്മദര്‍ശനം ഇഷ്ടമുള്ള വിഷയമാണ്.

achchanu addhyathmadrshanam ishtamulla vishayamaanu.

Spiritual philosophy is a subject father likes.

Dictionary entry

This is the only entry, and it means spiritualism in the philosophical sense; it is not the word for communicating with the dead through a medium, which English also calls spiritualism.

Common questions

How do you say spiritualism in Malayalam?

അദ്ധ്യാത്മദര്‍ശനം (addhyathma drshanam), the doctrine of soul-realisation.

Does it mean contacting spirits?

No. അദ്ധ്യാത്മദര്‍ശനം (addhyathma drshanam) is a philosophical position about the soul, not the seance sense of the English word.