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[syn: supernaturalism, supernaturalness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Supernaturalism \Su`per*nat"u*ral*ism\, n.
1. The quality or state of being supernatural;
supernaturalness.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Theol.) The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency
in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded
in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies
men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the
agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the
case. [Written also supranaturalism.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
supernaturalism
n 1: a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding
2: the quality of being attributed to power that seems to
violate or go beyond natural forces [syn: supernaturalism,
supernaturalness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "supernaturalism":
bodilessness, eeriness, elfdom, faerie, ghostliness, immateriality,
immaterialness, impalpability, imponderability, incorporeality,
incorporeity, inextension, intangibility, miraculousness,
mysteriousness, mystery, nonexteriority, numinousness,
occult phenomena, occultism, otherworldliness, preternaturalism,
psychical research, psychicism, psychics, psychism, shadowiness,
spirit world, spirituality, spirituousness, superhumanity,
supernaturality, supernaturalness, supernature, supernormalness,
superphysicalness, supersensibleness, supranaturalism, supranature,
the occult, the supernatural, the supersensible, transcendentalism,
unearthliness, unsubstantiality, unsubstantialness, unworldliness,
witchery