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English

Etymology

From Latin supernaturalis, from super, above, + natura, nature (that which we are born with), from natus, born, perfect passive participle of nasci, to be born, + adjective suffix -alis

Pronunciation

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Adjective

  1. Above nature; that which is beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by God or some force beyond that which humans are born with. In Roman Catholic theology, w:sanctifying grace|sanctifying grace is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature.
  2. Something that is not of the usual. Something that is somehow not natural, or has been altered by forces that are not understood fully if at all.
  3. Something for which there is neither ocular proof nor is measurable. For example, even though electromagnetic waves, subnuclear particles, et cetera may not be visible, yet they are measurable and their existence can be repetitively tested. However, we cannot either see or measure a ghost.


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Noun

  1. Supernatural phenomena


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  • Russian: {{t|ru|сверхъестественное|sc=Cyrl}}

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Supernatural \Su`per*nat"u*ral\, a. [Pref. super- + natural: cf.
OF. supernaturel, F. surnaturel.]
Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature;
miraculous.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Preternatural.

Usage: Supernatural, Preternatural. Preternatural
signifies beside nature, and supernatural, above or
beyond nature. What is very greatly aside from the
ordinary course of things is preternatural; what is
above or beyond the established laws of the universe
is supernatural. The dark day which terrified all
Europe nearly a century ago was preternatural; the
resurrection of the dead is supernatural. "That form
which the earth is under at present is preternatural,
like a statue made and broken again." --T. Burnet.
"Cures wrought by medicines are natural operations;
but the miraculous ones wrought by Christ and his
apostles were supernatural." --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]

That is supernatural, whether it be, that is
either not in the chain of natural cause and
effect, or which acts on the chain of cause and
effect in nature, from without the chain.
--Bushnell.
[1913 Webster]

We must not view creation as supernatural, but
we do look upon it as miraculous. --McCosh.
[1913 Webster]

The supernatural, whatever is above and beyond the scope,
or the established course, of the laws of nature. "Nature
and the supernatural." --H. Bushnell.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet supernatural
adj : not existing in nature or subject to explanation according
to natural laws; not physical or material;
"supernatural forces and occurrences and beings" [ant:
natural]
n : supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She
doesn't believe in the supernatural" [syn: occult]
Moby Dictionary
Christlike , Christly , abnormal , airy , anagogic , arcane , asomatous ,
astral , bodiless , cabalic , cabalistic , celestial , dark , decarnate ,
decarnated , discarnate , disembodied , divine , ectoplasmic , eerie ,
eeriness , elfdom , empyrean , esoteric , ethereal , etheric ,
exceptional , exorbitant , extramundane , extraordinary ,
extraterrestrial , extravagant , extreme , fabulous , faerie , fey ,
ghostish , ghostlike , ghostly , ghosty , godlike , godly , heavenly ,
hypernormal , hyperphysical , immaterial , immoderate , impalpable ,
imponderable , incarnate , incarnated , incorporate , incorporeal ,
inexplicable , inordinate , insubstantial , intangible ,
intercessional , intercessive , made flesh , magical , mediative ,
mediatory , metaphysic , metaphysical , miraculous , miraculousness ,
mysterious , mysteriousness , mystery , mystic , nonmaterial ,
nonphysical , numinous , numinousness , occult , otherworldliness ,
otherworldly , outstanding , paranormal , phantasmal , phantasmic ,
phantom , phantomic , phantomlike , phenomenal , preterhuman ,
preternatural , preternaturalism , preternormal , pretersensual ,
propitiative , propitiatory , psychic , rare , redemptive , remarkable ,
salvational , self-existent , shadowy , specterlike , spectral ,
spiritual , superhuman , superhumanity , superior , supermundane ,
supernaturalism , supernaturality , supernaturalness , supernature ,
supernormal , supernormalness , superphysical , superphysicalness ,
supersensible , supersensibleness , supersensual , supramundane ,
supranatural , supranaturalism , supranature , the occult ,
the supernatural , the supersensible , theosophical , theosophist ,
towering , transcendent , transcendental , transcendentalism ,
transmundane , ultramundane , uncanny , unconscionable , unearthliness ,
unearthly , unembodied , unexplainable , unextended , unfleshly ,
unhuman , unmeasurable , unnatural , unphysical , unreal ,
unsubstantial , unusual , unworldliness , unworldly , weird , witchery ,
wraithlike , wraithy


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