parapsychicadj.

Brit.

/ˌparəˈsʌɪkɪk/, U.S.

/ˌpɛrəˈsaɪkɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: para- prefix¹, psychic adj.

Etymology: < para- prefix¹ + psychic adj., after French parapsychique (E. Boirac 1893, in Annales des sciences psychiques 3 342). Compare parapsychical adj.

Of or relating to mental phenomena for which no adequate scientific explanation exists.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > parapsychology > [adjective]

parapsychic1911

parapsychical1918

parapsychological1924

1911 H. Carrington in Flournoy's Spiritism & Psychol. i. 39 The most striking case of this character which I have encountered is that of Mme. Guelt, in which parapsychic gifts and tendencies were manifested in four generations of her family.

1930 D. Ibberson tr. T. K. Oesterreich Possession ii. vii. 267 Accounts of the parapsychic performances of the mediums are not susceptible of subsequent proof.

1955 Amer. Slavic & East European Rev. 14 391 Mr. Blackstock, in discussing the impossibility of Jakobson having forged the series, uses such phrases as..‘a consummately skilled forger endowed with clairvoyant powers of a decidedly parapsychic nature’.

1991 N.Y. Mag. 11 Mar. 89/1 It may be provoked sometimes by a hallucinogenic experience..or by a wacked-out parapsychic spiritualism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parapsychic
释义	parapsychicadj. Brit. /ˌparəˈsʌɪkɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈsaɪkɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: para- prefix¹, psychic adj. Etymology: < para- prefix¹ + psychic adj., after French parapsychique (E. Boirac 1893, in Annales des sciences psychiques 3 342). Compare parapsychical adj. Of or relating to mental phenomena for which no adequate scientific explanation exists. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > parapsychology > [adjective] parapsychic1911 parapsychical1918 parapsychological1924 1911 H. Carrington in Flournoy's Spiritism & Psychol. i. 39 The most striking case of this character which I have encountered is that of Mme. Guelt, in which parapsychic gifts and tendencies were manifested in four generations of her family. 1930 D. Ibberson tr. T. K. Oesterreich Possession ii. vii. 267 Accounts of the parapsychic performances of the mediums are not susceptible of subsequent proof. 1955 Amer. Slavic & East European Rev. 14 391 Mr. Blackstock, in discussing the impossibility of Jakobson having forged the series, uses such phrases as..‘a consummately skilled forger endowed with clairvoyant powers of a decidedly parapsychic nature’. 1991 N.Y. Mag. 11 Mar. 89/1 It may be provoked sometimes by a hallucinogenic experience..or by a wacked-out parapsychic spiritualism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1911
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