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supernaturalistic

American  
[soo-per-nach-er-uhl-ist-ik, -ruhl-ist-ik] / ˌsu pərˌnætʃ ər əlˈɪst ɪk, -rəlˈɪst ɪk /

adjective

  1. relating to or advocating for supernaturalism.


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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

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

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

The destroyer-gods of the supernaturalistic interpretations of religion are symbols of this one.

From Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View by William Montgomery Brown

The amount of supernaturalism current is still very large; and one still finds people explaining some of the plainest facts of social life in terms of supernaturalistic beliefs.

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Chapman Cohen

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