Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which is above nature; that which transcends the physical and material.
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- noun The quality of being
supernatural , or of a strange or uncertain nature. - noun theology, philosophy A level of existence above the
physical ormundane ; that which is above and beyond the materialnature of something. - noun The
supernatural oroccult realm.
Etymologies
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Examples
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 China’sÂfirst foray into the community of the supernature is a diverse one, containing nearly a dozen “super-functionaries” of differing origins and powers.
Review: The Great Ten #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The early Hindu concept of the Rta corresponds to the pattern of nature and supernature which is revealed alike in the cosmic order and the moral virtues.
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Any thoughtful answers to questions about the nature of religion must account for the fact that for centuries and everywhere human beings have created and sustained a set of ideas well outside the realm of daily experience — ideas claimed as versions of that supernature that persists in the different flavors and textures of contemporary religions.
Is the Supernatural Only Natural? Lionel Tiger 2010
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Any thoughtful answers to questions about the nature of religion must account for the fact that for centuries and everywhere human beings have created and sustained a set of ideas well outside the realm of daily experience — ideas claimed as versions of that supernature that persists in the different flavors and textures of contemporary religions.
Is the Supernatural Only Natural? Lionel Tiger 2010
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Any thoughtful answers to questions about the nature of religion must account for the fact that for centuries and everywhere human beings have created and sustained a set of ideas well outside the realm of daily experience — ideas claimed as versions of that supernature that persists in the different flavors and textures of contemporary religions.
Is the Supernatural Only Natural? Lionel Tiger 2010
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I do not see that you need to assume that there are beings which effect that world from a supernature- that is the issue.
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But there would be nothing supernatural or miraculous in such an evolution, except in so far as it would be a supernature or superior nature to ours just as human nature is a supernature or superior nature to that of animal or plant or material objects...
Nothing irrational or incredible; nothing abnormal or miraculous Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
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But there would be nothing supernatural or miraculous in such an evolution, except in so far as it would be a supernature or superior nature to ours just as human nature is a supernature or superior nature to that of animal or plant or material objects...
Archive 2008-04-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
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One cannot clearly see the wrongness of cultural/moral relativism (and collectivism and subjectivism) until one has fully grasped the concept of rational (and therefore objective) morality, i.e., morality utterly grounded in the facts of reality (not the fantasies of supernature) and discovered through rational thinking that recognises man's life as man's standard of value.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Remains just the religious question: Nature or supernature?
The Memory Hole 2005
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