Meanings
plural supernatures
- countableuncountableA nature transcending the usual constraints of the physical world.
"He might," said Bacon, "though I have small fear of his doubting the supernature of the android. He is much given to superstition, and his strange dream will confirm that bent of mind."
1891, William Douglas O'Connor, “The Brazen Android”, in Three Tales, page 181 - countableuncountablehuman sciencesA supernatural realm beyond or apart from the physical world.
These peripheral ghosts earn large amounts of money in the streets, and the money they make is a convertible currency in the sense that it enables a contest of power with other higher social classes in supernature.
2008, Heonik Kwon, Ghosts of War in Vietnam, →ISBN, pages 151–1521 more example
It is the most commont and grossest blunders of scientific diminutives, to imagine that all in nature is of nature. There are more excellent natures. We ascend the height of argument by means of supernatures. These supernatures are, so to speak, natural manifestations or degrees of the supernatural.
1881, Joseph William Reynolds, The Mystery of Miracles, page 365 - countableuncountableA supernatural system beyond or apart from the laws of nature.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Englishsuper-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₁-sḱé-ti
- Proto-Italic*gnāskōr
- Latinnāscor
- Latinnātūra
- Old Frenchnature
- Middle Englishnature
- Englishnature
- Englishsupernature
Cite this entry
supernature. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supernature
“supernature.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supernature. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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