supernatural

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To appeal to what we call the supernatural is really to rest in the imaginatively obvious, in what we ought to call the natural, if natural meant easy to conceive and originally plausible.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to existence outside the natural world.
  2. adjective Attributed to a power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces.
  3. adjective Of or relating to a deity.
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  • Style and use of the characters put this in the upper echelon of pastiches, though the combination of Holmes and the supernatural is an uneasy one Alex Simmons and Bill McCay: The Raven League , Sleuth/Razorbill, $10.99. —  Magazine - Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - 2007-02 - February
  • And the hypothesis of the supernatural is therefore a hypothesis we can comfortably discard. —  Greta Christina's Blog
  • Belief in reincarnation, astrology, Tarot and other forms of faith in the supernatural has been around almost as long as many of the world great religions. —  GetReligion
  • Well since you asked, not that my personal beliefs on the supernatural is anyone's business, no I wouldn't call myself an atheist. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • Intelligent, self-satisfied atheists with post-graduate degrees think those who believe in the supernatural are all poorly educated dimwits out to oppress others for the same reason that wealthy, suburban Christians with beautiful families think those who don't believe in God are all miserable gay alcoholics out to commit suicide. —  Vox Popoli
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  1. from Old French supernaturel, also surnaturel, French surnaturel = Spanish Portuguese sobrenatural = Italian supernaturale, from Middle Latin supernaturalis, being above nature, divine, from Latin super, above, + natura, nature: see natural.
 

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