paranormal
- of or relating to the claimed occurrence of an event or perception without scientific explanation, as psychokinesis, extrasensory perception, or other purportedly supernatural phenomena.
Origin of paranormal
Related Words for paranormal
abnormal, celestial, ghostly, metaphysical, mysterious, mystic, occult, phenomenal, preternatural, psychic, spectral, transcendental, unearthly, uncomprehensibleExamples from the Web for paranormal
Contemporary Examples of paranormal
His weeknight program, “Coast-to-Coast AM,” discussed aliens, paranormal activity, and shadowy government cover-ups.
After a decade of managing the Borden home, Wilber is chock-full of stories of hauntings and paranormal sightings.
In her memoir, Giving Up the Ghost, Mantel writes of her own childhood encounters with the paranormal.
They have had a spiritual or numinous or paranormal experience at some point in their own lives.
Paranormalsocieties.com, an online national paranormal directory, has over 4,000 paranormal groups registered to its website.
Historical Examples of paranormal
As for photographs, I have never obtained any paranormal ones.
Metapsychical PhenomenaJ. Maxwell
Researchers have accumulated data on the power of prayer and faith, and on paranormal manifestations.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
I have just pointed out in detail certain purely physical processes for provoking the production of paranormal phenomena.
Metapsychical PhenomenaJ. Maxwell
The existence of paranormal photography is affirmed by sincere and honourable men, and their experiments deserve to be resumed.
Metapsychical PhenomenaJ. Maxwell
At present I am observing a more complex case, in which paranormal phenomena accompany automatic writing.
Metapsychical PhenomenaJ. Maxwell
paranormal
- beyond normal explanation
- the paranormal paranormal happenings generally