Etymology Borrowed from French occultisme, analyzable as occult + -ism. Noun English Wikipedia has an article on:occultismWikipedia occultism (countable and uncountable, plural occultisms) The study of the supernatural A belief in occult powers and the hope of controlling them Translations study of the supernatural Catalan: ocultisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 神秘主義/神秘主义 (zh) (shénmìzhǔyì), 神秘學/神秘学 (shénmìxué) Czech: okultismus m Estonian: okultism Finnish: salatiede (fi), okkultismi (fi), rajatieto French: occultisme (fr) m German: Okkultismus (de) m Greek: αποκρυφισμός (el) m (apokryfismós) Irish: asarlaíocht f Japanese: オカルティズム (okarutizumu) Polish: okultyzm (pl) m Portuguese: ocultismo (pt) m Russian: оккульти́зм (ru) m (okkulʹtízm) Serbo-Croatian: okultizam (sh) m Spanish: ocultismo Tagalog: alimuwang belief in occult powers Finnish: salatiede (fi), okkultismi (fi) Polish: okultyzm (pl) m Russian: оккульти́зм (ru) m (okkulʹtízm) Spanish: ocultismo