Talk:incantationism

RFV discussion: August 2019
"Spiritualism." I have outright deleted a second, apparently nonsensical sense ("a policy of incantation") which I assume was copied blindly from another -ism entry (many -ism words are indeed policies). This word gets only two English hits in Google Books, when I try searching. Equinox ◑ 19:40, 12 August 2019 (UTC)


 * cited Kiwima (talk) 21:17, 12 August 2019 (UTC)


 * I suspect it just means "the habit of making incantations". The current definition (Spiritualism) refers to specific mediumistic beliefs about spirits of the dead. How can we confirm one way or the other? Equinox ◑ 21:20, 12 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with your suspicions. "Goryeo's Buddhism had so rapid a tendency of incantationism and formalism" in particular seems likely to refer specifically to a habit of making incantations (formulaic words), rather than to mediumistic beliefs, although I suppose this is rebuttable if someone looks into this specific branch of Buddhism...! But I think we can probably just modify the def. - -sche (discuss) 03:40, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

RFV-resolved (modified definition) Kiwima (talk) 22:07, 20 August 2019 (UTC)