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Of events, experiences, or phenomenona, that cannot be explained by current scientific understanding or natural laws.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Paranormal phenomenona collectively: all things paranormal; things with paranormality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Our next guest has spent a 40-year career studying the paranormal, and he has some thoughts he wants to share with our audience tonight.
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A person to whom paranormal powers are attributed.
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not in accordance with scientific laws
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- what seemed to be paranormal manifestations
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Antonyms: normal
seemingly outside normal sensory channels
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: extrasensory
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From para- (“beyond”) + normal; compare supernatural. First use appears c. 1905.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
خارق للطبيعَة
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Catalan:
paranormal
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Chinese Mandarin:
超常的
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Czech:
paranormální
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Danish:
paranormal
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Finnish:
paranormaali
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Finnish:
yliluonnollinen
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Galician:
paranormal
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Georgian:
პარანორმალური
(ṗaranormaluri)
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Greek:
παραφυσικός
(parafysikós)
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Greek:
αφύσικος
(afýsikos)
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Greek:
υπερφυσικός
(yperfysikós)
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Hungarian:
paranormális
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Irish:
paranormálta
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Italian:
paranormale
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Māori:
whaiwhaiā
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Polish:
paranormalny
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Portuguese:
paranormal
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Russian:
паранормальный
(paranormalʹnyj)
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Spanish:
paranormal
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Vietnamese:
siêu tâm linh
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods
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Vietnamese:
huyền bí
— that cannot be explained by scientific methods