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poltergeist
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poltergeist (pōl`tərgīst) [Ger.,=knocking ghost], in spiritism spiritism or spiritualism, belief that the human personality continues to exist after death and can communicate with the living through the agency of a medium or psychic.
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, certain phenomena, such as rapping, movement of furniture, and breaking of crockery, for which there is no apparent scientific explanation. Believers in spiritism interpret these phenomena, particularly common during séances, as evidence of the presence of supernatural spirits.

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A male ghost has been seen upstairs and as has a lot of poltergeist activity such as flickering lights and moving furniture.
He sued to recover his down payment, alleging that he would not have entered into the contract had he been advised that the house was haunted and that as a result of the poltergeist activity, the market value and the re-saleability of his house were greatly diminished.
 
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