perinormal

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adjective

Prepathological; lying between normal and pathological.

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Meanings

adjectiveperinormal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicinePrepathological; lying between normal and pathological.
  2. not comparableHaving previously been thought to be a paranormal phenomenon, but having since been scientifically verified as natural.
    1 more example

    2007 March 3, Sam Vaknin, Ph.D., “Parapsychology and the Paranormal”, The Paranormal & Ghost Society, Google Groups The eventual acceptance by the scientific community and incorporation into the mainstream of science of phenomena that were once considered paranormal and then perinormal (e.g., hypnotism).

Origin

From peri- + normal. Sense 2: by analogy with paranormal, and apparently coined by Richard Dawkins, though he does not claim to have been its sole originator.

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APA

perinormal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perinormal

MLA

“perinormal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perinormal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perinormal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perinormal.

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