SUPERNATURALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does supernaturalism mean? 

• SUPERNATURALISM (noun)
  The noun SUPERNATURALISM has 2 senses:

1. a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding

2. the quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces

  Familiarity information: SUPERNATURALISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERNATURALISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("supernaturalism" is a kind of...):

belief (any cognitive content held as true)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supernaturalism"):

magic; thaumaturgy (any art that invokes supernatural powers)

occultism (a belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of bringing them under human control)

dispossession; exorcism (freeing from evil spirits)

Derivation:

supernaturalistic (of or relating to supernaturalism)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

supernaturalism; supernaturalness

Hypernyms ("supernaturalism" is a kind of...):

unnaturalness (the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles)

Derivation:

supernaturalistic (of or relating to supernaturalism)