Opposed to or skeptical of mysticism; rejecting spiritual or supernatural explanations for experiences.
From anti- (against) + mystic (from Greek mystikos, meaning 'secret' or 'mysterious,' related to myein 'to close or conceal'). The term emerged in English during the Enlightenment to describe rationalist opposition to mystical thinking.
The scientific revolution was fundamentally antimystic—scientists insisted that mysterious phenomena had natural explanations waiting to be discovered, a stance that directly challenged centuries of mystical authority over knowledge.
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