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Cabalistic vs Otherworldly - What's the difference?

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Cabalistic is a related term of otherworldly.


As adjectives the difference between cabalistic and otherworldly

is that cabalistic is of or relating to a cabal; secretive and cliquish while otherworldly is of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.

cabalistic

English

Alternative forms

* cabbalistic * kabbalistic * qabalistic

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to a cabal; secretive and cliquish.
  • Of or relating to Kabballah.
  • * 1906 , :
  • Aaron is the author of "Bet Aharon" (Aaron's House; Brody, 1875), which contains his cabalistic and ethical expositions of the Pentateuch.

    References

    AARON BEN ASHER OF KARLIN

    Derived terms

    * cabalistically

    otherworldly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a different world than that of the tangible here and now, such as a heavenly, spiritual, or imaginary world.
  • *1917 , , God, the Invisible King , ch. 5,
  • *:Every religion that becomes ascendant, in so far as it is not otherworldly , must necessarily set its stamp upon the methods and administration of the law.
  • *2007 , Clive Davis, " Simphiwe Dana: The One Love Movement on Bantu Biko Street," Times of London , 26 Aug.,
  • *:Dana has the otherworldly temperament of a mystic.
  • Not belonging to the real world; unnatural; odd and unfamiliar.
  • *1919 , , Saint's Progress , ch. 7,
  • *:He had not seen cricket played since the war began; it seemed almost otherworldly , with the click of the bats, and the shrill young voices.
  • Synonyms

    * (of a different world) alien, ethereal, mystical, transcendental