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 streets were overflowing with people adoring our great leader, who is driving complex international politics with supernormal political acumen.”
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018
Other than this delusion of reciprocity, Megan’s psychopathological love was simply romantic love writ large: not abnormal, as such, but supernormal.
From The Guardian • May 25, 2018
"Apocalyptic storylines are undoubtedly gripping—they are a supernormal stimulus for our morbid obsessions."
From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2018
But much oftener the automatic script is regulated by what I have called middle-level subliminal centres only;—and then, though we may have scraps of supernormal intelligence, we have confusion and incoherence as well.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)
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