contranaturaladj.
/ˌkɒntrəˈnatjʊərəl/ Opposed to what is natural; contrary to nature.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > abnormal or unnatural > beyond what is natural
supernatural?1537
preternatural1580
anti-naturala1603
contranatural1633
counternatural1666
denaturalized1800
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 9) 202 It is contranaturall and execrable for a sonne to slay his father.
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. Ep. Ded. sig. A9 A contre-naturall Dissolution.
1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 66 Their actions are supernatural, but not unnatural, or contranatural.
1872 W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) I. 113 His own most narrow and contra-natural theory [of morality].
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adj.1633- to put unto one's worse
- to put unto the worse
- to put up
- to put up a bad show
- to put up a bill
- to put up a black
- to put up a decent show
- to put up a disappointing show
- to put up a etc show
- to put up a game
- to put up a good show
- to put up a job
- to put up a poor mouth
- to put up a poor show
- to put up a show
- to put up a squawk
- to put up an appearance
- to put up big numbers
- to put up etc numbers
- to put up good numbers
- to put up numbers
- to put up one's appearance
- to put up one's pipes
- to put up one's sleeve
- to put up or shut up