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preterˈnaturalism
[f. prec. + -ism.]
1. The character or condition of being preternatural; that which is preternatural; with a and pl. an instance of this; a preternatural occurrence.
1834Fraser's Mag. Dec. 702/2 Byron's drama partakes both of Hamlet and Macbeth. It is the incest of the one with the preternaturalism of the other. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iii. viii, Saturated through every fibre with Preternaturalism of Suspicion. 1858― Fredk. Gt. vi. ii. II. 10 Among the simple People, arose rumours of omens, preternaturalisms, for and against.
2. A recognition of the preternatural; a system or doctrine of the preternatural.
1864Realm 8 June 7 ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Zanoni’ are powerful books, but their præternaturalism seems forced and unreal. 1872A. B. Alcott Concord Days, Sleep & Dreams 204 A faith, were such possible, destitute of an element of preternaturalism, or of mysticism. 1882M. Arnold in 19th Cent. May 695 A religion of preternaturalism is doomed.
So preterˈnaturalist, a believer in the preternatural.
1868M. Collins Sweet Anne Page I. 93 The ladies were rather puzzled how to deal with this young præter-naturalist. |