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Occult vs Occultural - What's the difference?

occult | occultural |

As adjectives the difference between occult and occultural

is that occult is (lb) secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected while occultural is (imprecisely) of or pertaining to the occult; occultic.

As a verb occult

is (astronomy) to cover or hide from view.

As a noun occult

is supernatural affairs.

occult

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (astronomy) To cover or hide from view.
    • The earth occults the moon during a lunar eclipse.
  • (rare) To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (lb) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected
  • :
  • *(Isaac Taylor) (1787–1865)
  • *:It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation.
  • Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
  • Esoteric.
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

    • Derived terms

    * occult line

    Noun

    (-)
  • Supernatural affairs.

    • Related terms

    * occultation

    occultural

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (imprecisely) Of or pertaining to the occult; occultic.
  • * 1992 : Small Press Group of Britain, Yearbook , page 195
    • Temple Press is amongst the leading publishers and distributors of a wide range of radical and occultural material.
  • * 2004 : Nathaniel Harris, Witcha: A Book of Cunning , page 163
    • Common occultural lingo includes many references to energy.
  • (properly) Of or pertaining to occulture.
  • * 2005 : Christopher Hugh Partridge, The Re-Enchantment of the West , volume 1, page 147
    • If there is some truth both to the argument concerning the significance of popular music and also to the argument concerning the emergence and significance of occulture in the West, then one would expect popular music, at certain points, to reflect occultural commitment and to be implicated in the process of sacralization.
  • * 2007 : Gordon Lynch, The New Spirituality: An Introduction to Progressive Belief in the Twenty-first Century , page 111
    • The increasing pervasiveness of this occultural milieu across society suggests that it is beginning to displace institutional Christianity as the dominant religious culture.

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