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parapsychologist

American  
[par-uh-sahy-kahl-uhj-ist] / ˌpær ə saɪˈkɑl ədʒ ɪst /

noun

  • parapsychologists
    plural
  1. a person with expertise or training in parapsychology.


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The series' resident parapsychologist, she is an empathetic companion to people recounting their terrifying experiences.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2023

She even sees a parapsychologist, who delivers her otherworldly observations with an appealing combination of warmth and tart, no-nonsense straightforwardness.

From Washington Post Nov. 9, 2021

A parapsychologist and three others stay in a house reputed to be the site of many awful tragedies.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2019

Any parapsychologist worth their salt would not have been fooled by the techniques used by the fake psychics in the film.

From The Guardian Jun. 15, 2012

Dyson even offered an explanation for what the parapsychologist Joseph Rhine called the "decline effect," which I discussed in a previous post.

From Scientific American Jan. 7, 2011

Now the parapsychologists are trying to rid New York of stress-related pink slime.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2019

In the early 1980s, organizers of the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science placed Wheeler on the same program as three parapsychologists.

From Scientific American Jun. 9, 2018

As far as he and other parapsychologists are concerned, these replications have so far been equivocal.

From Slate May 17, 2017

Randi was accused by parapsychologists of behaving unethically, but what other means could have been employed to demonstrate that scientists with no knowledge of conjuring techniques could be easily fooled?

From The Guardian Jun. 15, 2012

Although parapsychologists claim that psychic powers have now been proved beyond all doubt, their glowing optimism does not impress many other behavioral scientists.

From Time Magazine Archive

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