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superˈnaturalist, n. (a.) [f. as prec. + -ist.] One who believes in the supernatural; an adherent of supernaturalism. Also attrib. or as adj. = next.
1650Hobbes De Corp. Pol. 48 The opposition..of super⁓naturalists..to rational and moral Conversation. 1659Hoole Comenius Vis. World (1672) 207 The Supernaturalist searcheth out the Causes, & Effects of things. 1684tr. Agrippa's Van. Arts i. 8 Supernaturalists use the Conjectures of Naturalists. 1838Penny Cycl. XI. 198/2 The Orthodox or Supernaturalists. 1884J. R. Seeley in Contemp. Rev. Nov. 671 The supernaturalist theory. 1893Leland Mem. I. 204 Justinus Kerner, the great German supernaturalist, mystic, and poet. |