supranaturalismn.
/ˌsuːprəˈnatʃ(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsuːprəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːprəˈnatʃ(ə)rəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːprəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌsuprəˈnætʃ(ə)rəˌlɪz(ə)m/ = supernaturalism n. (chiefly in sense 2).
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the world > the supernatural > [noun] > science or subject of
subterranean geography1624
non-natural1696
supernaturalism1796
supranaturalism1821
hypophysicsa1834
hyperphysics1855
preternaturalism1864
1821 Monthly Repository May 308/2 A work is advertised by L. A. Kæhler, Archdeacon of Kottbus, on ‘Supranaturalism and Rationalism, in their common origin, their separation and their transcendant union.’
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. xiii. i. 250 They sought..for a sign; and in their credulous incredulity, grew greedy of every supranaturalism except the scriptural.
1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 120/2 The struggle between Rationalism and Supranaturalism.
1911 Princeton Theol. Rev. Apr. 310 Modern empirical psychology of religion is entirely inimical to transcendent supranaturalism.
2006 Slavic Rev. 65 310 They had fixed their gaze on his [sc. Tolstoy's] rejection of the state and Christian supranaturalism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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