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单词 parapsychological
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parapsychologicaladj.

Brit. /ˌparəsʌɪkəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrəˌsaɪkəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: para- prefix1, psychological adj.
Etymology: < para- prefix1 + psychological adj., after parapsychology n.
1. Of an intellectual system: fanciful. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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1887 Science 27 May 511/2 Add to this a painstaking forcing of all these botanical forms..and some notion of this para-psychological system will perhaps result.
2. Of or relating to parapsychology (parapsychology n. 2).
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > parapsychology > [adjective]
parapsychic1911
parapsychical1918
parapsychological1924
1924 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Jan. 27/2 Its inherent merit..renders the publication a noteworthy and welcome contribution to parapsychological literature.
1967 A. Wilson No Laughing Matter i. 12 Alas for the limits of our parapsychological knowledge.
1980 D. Brin Sundiver i. iii. 38 I was hired to perform psychological and parapsychological tests on the crew and environment on Mercury.
1999 Nature 30 July 413/2 The proportion of lapses in parapsychological studies is difficult to estimate.

Derivatives

parapsychoˈlogically adv. according to the tenets of parapsychology; in parapsychology.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > parapsychology > [adverb]
parapsychologically1954
1954 M. Lowry Let. 10 May (1967) 369 You were so sporting as to write us parapsychologically suspecting some Lowry misery-grisery.
1977 Church Times 7 Apr. 6/1 They accept the reality of the ‘Easter experience’ understood psychologically, perhaps parapsychologically.
1996 Independent 12 Sept. ii. 30/3 Ghosts and telepathy were on the agenda from the start, with more modern phenomena such as spoon-bending added as they became parapsychologically fashionable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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