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单词 preternaturalist
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preternaturalistn.

Brit. /ˌpriːtəˈnatʃ(ə)rəlɪst/, /ˌpriːtəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌprɛdərˈnætʃ(ə)rələst/, /ˈˌpridərˈnætʃ(ə)rələst/
Forms: see preternatural adj. and -ist suffix
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preternatural adj., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < preternatural adj. + -ist suffix, after preternaturalism n. Compare earlier supernaturalist n.
rare.
A person who believes in the preternatural.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > [noun] > one who believes in
supernaturalist1640
supranaturalist1829
preternaturalist1868
1868 M. Collins Sweet Anne Page I. 93 The ladies were rather puzzled how to deal with this young præter-naturalist.
1999 S. Clark Thinking with Demons xii. 245 He still conceded that the experiments of a natural philosophy..might yield effects that were marvellous to the ignorant but true in nature—the classic apologia of the preternaturalist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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