单词 | metapsychic |
释义 | metapsychicadj. That is beyond the sphere of ordinary psychology; relating to metapsychics. Also: paranormal, spiritual. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [adjective] spiritual1850 spiritualist1850 spiritualistic1852 spiritist1860 spiritistic1866 metapsychic1905 metapsychical1905 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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