parapsychology

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Canada/ˌpɛɹəˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/

noun

The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.

Similar
psychic phenomenapsychic phenomenon
OriginEnglish psychology ← Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-) ← Proto-Hellenic *pərai →
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Meanings

nounparapsychology (countable and uncountable, plural parapsychologies)

plural parapsychologies

  1. countableuncountableThe study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounphenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes

Similar
psychic phenomenapsychic phenomenon
Broader
psychic communicationpsychical communicationanomalous communication
Also see
psychotronics

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pərai
  4. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ- (pără-)
  6. Englishpara-
  7. Englishpsychology
  8. Englishparapsychology

From para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + psychology.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Basque parapsikologia
  • parapsikologiathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Catalan parapsicologia
  • parapsicologiathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Chinese Mandarin 超心理學 /超心理学, 心靈學 /心灵学
  • 超心理學 /超心理学 (chāoxīnlǐxué)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
  • 心靈學 /心灵学 (xīnlíngxué)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
  • 靈學 /灵学 (língxué)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
  • 通靈學 /通灵学 (tōnglíngxué)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
Czech parapsychologie
  • parapsychologiethe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Danish parapsykologi
  • parapsykologithe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Dutch parapsychologie
  • parapsychologiethe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Esperanto parapsiĥologio, parapsikologio
  • parapsiĥologiothe study of that which cannot yet be explained
  • parapsikologiothe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Estonian parapsühholoogia
  • parapsühholoogiathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Finnish parapsykologia
  • parapsykologiathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
French parapsychologie
  • parapsychologiethe study of that which cannot yet be explained
German Parapsychologie
  • Parapsychologiethe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Greek παραψυχολογία
  • παραψυχολογία (parapsychología)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
Hindi परामनोविज्ञान
  • परामनोविज्ञान (parāmnovijñān)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
Hungarian parapszichológia
  • parapszichológiathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Icelandic parasálfræði
  • parasálfræðithe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Indonesian parapsikologi
  • parapsikologithe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Italian parapsicologia, metapsichica
  • parapsicologiathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
  • metapsichicathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Japanese 超心理学
  • 超心理学 (chōshinrigaku)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
Korean 초심리학
  • 초심리학 (chosimnihak)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
Latvian parapsiholoģija
  • parapsiholoģijathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Lithuanian parapsichologija
  • parapsichologijathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Norwegian parapsykologi
  • parapsykologithe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Polish parapsychologia
  • parapsychologiathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Portuguese parapsicologia, pesquisa psi
  • parapsicologiathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
  • pesquisa psithe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Romanian parapsihologie
  • parapsihologiethe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Russian парапсихоло́гия
  • парапсихоло́гия (parapsixológija)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
Slovak parapsychológia
  • parapsychológiathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Spanish parapsicología
  • parapsicologíathe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Swedish parapsykologi
  • parapsykologithe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Turkish parapsikoloji
  • parapsikolojithe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Ukrainian парапсихологія
  • парапсихологія (parapsyxolohija)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
Welsh paraseicoleg
  • paraseicolegthe study of that which cannot yet be explained
Yiddish פּאַראַפּסיכאָלאָגיע
  • פּאַראַפּסיכאָלאָגיע (parapsikhologye)the study of that which cannot yet be explained
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APA

parapsychology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parapsychology

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“parapsychology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parapsychology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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