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Definition of Paranormal

1. Adjective. Seemingly outside normal sensory channels.

2. Adjective. Not in accordance with scientific laws. "What seemed to be paranormal manifestations"

Definition of Paranormal

1. Adjective. That which cannot be explained by scientific methods. ¹

2. Adjective. Supernatural. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Paranormal

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paranormal

paranoically paranoics paranoid paranoid behaviour paranoid disorder paranoid disorders paranoid personality paranoid personality disorder paranoid schizophrenia paranoidal

paranoidly paranoids paranomasia paranomasias paranomia paranormal (current term) paranormalist paranormalists paranormalities paranormality

paranormally paranormals paranthracene paranuchal paranuchals paranuclear paranuclear body paranucleate paranuclei

Literary usage of Paranormal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Handbook of the Navigator by Eric Pepin (2004)
"FORGOTTEN BRIDGE: THE SIXTH SENSE LEADS TO AWAKENING Many eastern philosophies, and western for that matter, believe the pursuit of paranormal powers is a ..."

2. Metapsychical Phenomena: Methods and Observations by Joseph Maxwell, Charles Robert Richet (1905)
"The first, which are apparently contrary to the ordinary data of experience, are paranormal phenomena, that is to say, outside the usual rule ; the second ..."

3. Metapsychical Phenomena: Methods and Observations by Joseph Maxwell, Charles Robert Richet (1905)
"The first, which are apparently contrary to the ordinary data of experience, are paranormal phenomena, that is to say, outside the usual rule ; the second, ..."

4. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"... one might consider it comparable to a process called psychokinesis (PK) by investigators of paranormal phenomena; such a process might indeed be called ..."

5. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"But this would put the process precisely in the same category as are all paranormal phenomena: nothing is known about a physical nature either of the mind ..."

6. At the Hour of Death by Karlis Osis, Erlendur Haraldsson (1997)
"That indeed indicates that something paranormal took place, but the source ... Non- paranormal, purely psychological factors are, of course, present in all ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1908)
"The first, i'hich are apparently contrary to the ordinary data of experience, are paranormal phenomena, that is to say outside the isual rule : the second, ..."

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