supranormaladj.

1871 W. B. Woodman tr. C. A. Wunderlich On Temperature in Dis. xii. 365 In many cases there is either no alteration of temperature, or it only shows somewhat greater daily fluctuations than are met with in health, so that in the evenings supra-normal, sub-febrile, or even moderately febrile temperatures, are met with.

1959 B. Wootton Social Sci. & Social Pathol. ii. 59 Exceptionally difficult problems, failure to cope adequately with which might well be a sign,..of their lack of the supra-normal qualities which the situation demands.

1977 J. L. Harper Population Biol. Plants x. 328 Partial closure of stomata..usually occurs when supra-normal concentrations of CO₂ are applied to leaves.

2003 S. J. Segal & L. Mastroianni Hormone Use Menopause & Male Andropause 151 There is no evidence that androgen increases the risk of other cancers, even if given in supranormal amounts.

1889 Jrnl. Soc. Psychical Res. Oct. 151 Should my idea of the possibility of receptivity in animals for telepathic impressions from human beings be true, the same..would also apply to hundreds of recorded cases of the behaviour of dogs, in face of supranormal occurrences.

1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience 484 Our supra-normal cognitions, if such there be, and if we are telepathic subjects.

2010 M. B. Brower Unruly Spirits iii. 49 Papers..discussed a variety of supranormal phenomena, including..clairvoyance, mental suggestion, the movement of objects without physical contact, and telepathy.