supernaturalistic
Americanadjective
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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
It is clear that a supernaturalistic faith of this sort, which might wholly inspire some revolutionary sect, can never wholly inspire human society.
From Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion by Santayana, George
But a truer idea of the nature of the spiritual, united with a decay of the old supernaturalistic sanctions, will change all that.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Sellars, Roy Wood
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