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Meaning of SUPERNATURALISM

Pronunciation:  s`oopurn'achurul`izum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces
  2. [n]  a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding
 
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 Synonyms: supernaturalness
 
 See Also: belief, dispossession, exorcism, magic, unnaturalness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Su`per*nat"u*ral*ism\, n.
1. The quality or state of being supernatural;
   supernaturalness.
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}.]
 

 

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