parapsychology
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- noun
- /ˌpɛrəsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
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parapsicología
- The university offers a comprehensive program in parapsychology that explores telepathy and clairvoyance.
- implications of parapsychology
- parapsychology and spirituality
- psychology and parapsychology
But he became head of the British Society of Psychology, not parapsychology.
- But he became head of the British Society of Psychology, not parapsychology.
- But I am wondering if panpsychism is or leaves parapsychology more open.
Examples
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Why aren't the findings and implications of parapsychology more accepted?
Academic text (1993) -
Did you know that your university... offers a degree in parapsychology?
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I also teach a course in parapsychology.
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There were a series of lectures about parapsychology at my university.
Fiction book (1996) -
Right, didn't you want to study parapsychology?
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When he was fifteen, his curiosity led him and a few friends into an exploration of parapsychology.
Academic text (1991) -
On a more theoretical level, however, parapsychology is importantly related to spirituality, but the connection is indirect.
Academic text (1995) -
In my judgment, parapsychology has produced significant evidence for a transcendent psi factor in nature.
Academic text (1995) -
Whether as believer, half-believer, or skeptic, the pursuit of the parapsychology of God demands a certain sensitivity and sensibility.
Academic text (1995) -
I have absolutely no objection to your studying telepathy or parapsychology to your heart's content but I would make the point that our own field is so embattled that it can only be dangerous to stray into any kind of mysticism.
Synonyms
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Strange events people say come from the mind or from spirits
A strange event that seems caused by mental powers beyond normal senses
How Paranormal
Surface Forms
Morphology
parapsychology = psychology (semi-transparent) = para + psych + ology
The word is built from the recognizable prefix para- and the base psychology, but the specialized sense 'study of paranormal mental phenomena' is not fully predictable from the components alone.
Etymology
Parapsychology comes from para- meaning 'beside' or 'beyond' and psychology meaning 'study of the mind'. So, parapsychology is the study of mind phenomena that seem 'beyond' normal psychology, like telepathy or other unexplained mental events.