supernaturalistic
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Wielding a razor, Jefferson excised all passages containing supernaturalistic elements from the gospels, extracting what he took to be Jesus's pure ethical teachings.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2011
From whatever source Mr. Bel Geddes gets his inspiration for such supernaturalistic productions as he designed for Dead End and Iron Men, he has not been over-lucky in finding good plays to go with them.
From Time Magazine Archive
If this supernaturalistic event did not take place, as unbelievers hold, it requires a natural explanation, and many have been offered.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Chinese philosophy is as supernaturalistic as some forms of Buddhism.
From The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by Griffis, William Elliot
He used one of the short, semantically ugly terms which serve, in place of profanity, as the emotional release of a race that has forgotten all the taboos and terminologies of supernaturalistic religion and sex-inhibition.
From Police Operation by Piper, H. Beam
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