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单词 metapsychic
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metapsychicadj.

Brit. /mɛtəˈsʌɪkɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈsaɪkɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: meta- prefix, psychic adj.
Etymology: < meta- prefix + psychic adj., after French métapsychique (see metapsychics n.). Compare metapsychical adj.
That is beyond the sphere of ordinary psychology; relating to metapsychics. Also: paranormal, spiritual.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [adjective]
spiritual1850
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1905 Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 10/3 The new President [sc. M. Richet]..suggested the term ‘metapsychic sciences’ as a substitute for ‘modern miracle’.
1923 S. De Brath tr. C. Richet Thirty Years Psychical Res. 4 The terms ‘supernatural’ and ‘supernormal’ must therefore be rejected along with ‘the occult’... I proposed the term Metapsychic.
1968 C. Geertz Islam Observed i. 13 A kind of Far Eastern gnosticism, complete with cabalistic speculations and metapsychic exercises.
1991 Publishers Weekly (Nexis) 20 Dec. 68 A demonic force calling itself Fury has begun to kill off Remillards and others with ‘metapsychic’ powers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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