parapsychologistn.
/ˌparəsʌɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrəˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒəst/ A person who specializes in parapsychology (parapsychology n. 2).
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parapsychologist1936
1936 Discovery Dec. 396/1 The book [sc. The Modern Dowser]..should be useful to the would-be dowser and of interest to the parapsychologist.
1954 Sci. Monthly 79 2/1 The emphasis in this discussion will be on the logic of some interpretations from data gathered by parapsychologists.
1983 Isis 74 439/1 From the viewpoint of the parapsychologist or Ufologist, of course, it would be more an inquisition than crusade.
2002 Skeptical Inquirer Jan.–Feb. 48/1 There is a chapter on Ganzfeld research, another paradigm that promised the breakthrough into scientific respectability that parapsychologists have so long sought.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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