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单词 paragnost
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paragnost
paragnost n.
Brit. /ˈparəɡnɒst/
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U.S. /ˈpɛrəɡˌnɑst/
a person credited with paranormal powers of obtaining knowledge.
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1964 J. H. Pollack Croiset (1965) i. 14 His mentor, Professor W. H. C. Tenhaeff, calls him a ‘paragnost’, a word which he coined in 1932.
1985 P. Kurtz Skeptic's Handbk. Parapsychol. 639 Perhaps the most amusing psychic failure on record involves the well-known Dutch paragnost Cor Heilijgers.
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