supernaturalism
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9.2
- noun
- /ˌsuːpərˈnætʃərəlɪzəm/
:
sobrenaturalismo
- They believed that Spiritualism convinced materialists of the truth of supernaturalism and thereby led to Catholicism.
- supernaturalism versus naturalism
Examples
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To those of more limited historical perspective who still doubt supernaturalism's decline, the author points to the current proliferation of Christian tolerance for disbelief.
Academic text (2011) -
Instead of the death of God, we should speak of a more individualist supernaturalism.
Academic text (2000) -
The main problem with the received tradition, Buck charged, was supernaturalism.
Academic text (2003) -
For a time, even supernaturalism and spiritism became popular.
Academic text (1998) -
Rather, supernaturalism, or the confusion of ideals and powers, was accountable for these things.
Academic text (1990) -
Central to the culture wars is the conflict between science and faith and, derivatively, between naturalism and supernaturalism.
Academic text (2006) -
Unbounded supernaturalism is seen as credulity at best, superstition at worst.
Academic text (1993) -
Our Christianity or Judaism, for example, may remain culturally thick, though varied, without any semblance of supernaturalism.
Academic text (1990) -
Oelschlaeger evaluates a transition in Western thought from supernaturalism to materialism to a plea for an interpretation of human-land relationships that again includes the supernatural.
Academic text (1993) -
Many cultures believe in supernaturalism as a way to explain events that cannot be understood through science.
Synonyms
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9.8
Beliefs about secret supernatural powers and practices
3
9.9
The study and practice of magic and secret powers
Belief that God or a spirit actively changes events in human life
Antonyms
- Formal
9
7.9
The belief that the world can be explained by science without spiritual causes
How Supernatural
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9.2
15
6.1
71
6.3
4
8.2
- US
124
5.1
- Formal
9
7.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
supernaturalism = supernatural (transparent) = super + natural + ism
Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ism' to 'supernatural', yielding a doctrine or belief related to the supernatural.
Etymology
The word supernaturalism comes from super- meaning 'above' or 'beyond', plus natural meaning 'nature', and the ending -ism that shows a 'belief'. So supernaturalism is the idea that some events come from forces 'beyond' nature, like spirits or gods.