supernaturalisticadj.
/ˌsuːpənatʃ(ə)rəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌsuːpənatʃ(ə)rl̩ˈɪstɪk/, /ˌsjuːpənatʃ(ə)rəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌsjuːpənatʃ(ə)rl̩ˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌsupərnætʃ(ə)rəˈlɪstɪk/ Advocating belief in the supernatural; of, relating to, or involving supernaturalism (supernaturalism n. 2). Also: having a supernatural character.
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the world > the supernatural > [adjective] > that believes in
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1840 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. July 291 The various theories, naturalistic and supernaturalistic, fail of removing these difficulties.
1873 Methodist Q. Rev. July 519 Our scientific solvers of supernaturalistic phenomena give us solutions that cover but part of the facts.
1882 T. K. Cheyne Prophecies of Isaiah vi. App. ⁋1 Compelling us to a ‘supernaturalistic’ conception of Old Testament prophecy.
1907 Biblical World 30 47 It aims to correct the exaggerated, supernaturalistic views of certain devotees of the Baptist.
1971 G. Urang Shadows of Heaven i. 38 C. S. Lewis' literary apologetic is calculated to rehabilitate belief in supernaturalistic Christianity as a possibility for the modern sensibility.
2001 Isis 92 769/2 In the supernaturalistic tradition, music was attributed either to the gods or God or to wizards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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