Meanings
plural supernaturalisms
- countableuncountableThe quality or condition of being supernatural.
More tragic, too, is the supernaturalism of the ancient dramatist. Darius, evoked from Hades to bring relief to the desperate condition of his realm, announces a yet greater calamity to befall his people.
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “III. The Persians”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 80 - countableuncountableA belief in the doctrine of supernatural or divine agency as manifested in the world, in human events, religious revelation, miracles, etc.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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