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paranormal
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adjective
of or pertaining to the claimed occurrence of an event or perception without scientific explanation, as psychokinesis, extrasensory perception, or other purportedly supernatural phenomena.
Origin:
1915–20;
para-
1
+
normal
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par·a·nor·mal·ly,
adverb
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This is a very weird site sprouting
paranormal
philosophy and holocaust denial, I wouldn't give it much credibility.
Belief in the
paranormal
has also spread well beyond kooky California.
She kept an almost
paranormal
equilibrium among publishers, authors, and the press—not always a consenting threesome.
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This is a very weird site sprouting
paranormal
philosophy and holocaust denial, I wouldn't give it much credibility.
Belief in the
paranormal
has also spread well beyond kooky California.
She kept an almost
paranormal
equilibrium among publishers, authors, and the press—not always a consenting threesome.
For the last three decades, he has supported sound science and exposed fakes who claimed supernatural or
paranormal
abilities.
The trilogy, a mystery with
paranormal
elements, follows a sheltered boy who's been told by his parents to avoid the limelight.
Content-wise,
paranormal
seems to have run its course in terms of what's being shopped, especially vampire books.
This is no tale of
paranormal
activity.
It also doesn't explain all
paranormal
activity.
We were presented with a lot of dystopian titles and a lot of titles with a so-called
paranormal
twist.
In today's society, myth-making and chasing are a big business, and the supernatural and the
paranormal
are no longer taboo.
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World English Dictionary
paranormal
(ˌpærəˈnɔːməl)
—
adj
1.
beyond normal explanation
—
n
2.
the paranormal
paranormal happenings generally
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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paranormal
1920, from para- (q.v.) + normal.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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