preternaturalnessn.
/ˌpriːtəˈnatʃ(ə)rəlnəs/, /ˌpriːtəˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩nəs/, U.S. /ˌprɛdərˈnætʃ(ə)rəlnəs/, /ˌpridərˈnætʃ(ə)rəlnəs/ Preternatural quality or nature.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > condition of being abnormal or unnatural
unkindnessc1390
unnaturalness?a1425
monstrosity1639
prodigiousness1649
preternaturality1666
preternaturalness1695
abnormity1724
unnaturalism1754
unnaturality1819
non-naturality1827
preternaturalism1834
non-naturalness1878
1695 R. South Tritheism 142 As to the Naturalness or Preternaturalness of its [sc. the Soul's] state it does change the manner of its Subsistence, and greatly too.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Preter-naturalness, quality out of the natural Course.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 588 The preternaturalness of the deliverance is pictured by the driving the locust..into two opposite seas.
1984 Slavic Rev. 43 354 He acknowledges the significance of Gonta's sons but does not refer to the archetypal ‘preternaturalness’ of twins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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