adjective
Other Word Forms
- supernormality noun
- supernormally adverb
Etymology
Origin of supernormal
Example Sentences
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The first installment of this fantasy trilogy imagines a Royal Coven established by Queen Elizabeth I to handle supernormal incidences and preserve witchcraft’s legacy.
From Washington Post • May 1, 2022
The novelist Robert Stone was a student of paranoia, another sort of supernormal perception.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2022
In The Haunting of Hill House, a novel of 1959, Shirley Jackson explores the possibility that a disturbed individual can trigger supernormal events.
From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2020
“The streets were overflowing with people adoring our great leader, who is driving complex international politics with supernormal political acumen.”
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018
A belief in supernormal perception, and especially in the clairvoyant vision, is apparent in the history, however meagre it may be, of every ancient nation.
From Telepathy and the Subliminal Self by Mason, R. Osgood
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