'Supernaturalism' definitions:
Definition of 'supernaturalism'
(from WordNet)
noun
A belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding
noun
The quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces [syn: supernaturalism, supernaturalness]
Definition of 'Supernaturalism'
From: GCIDE
- Supernaturalism \Su`per*nat"u*ral*ism\, n.
- 1. The quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Theol.) The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the case. [Written also supranaturalism.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'supernaturalism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bodilessness,
- eeriness,
- elfdom,
- faerie,
- ghostliness,
- immateriality,
- immaterialness,
- impalpability,
- imponderability,
- incorporeality,
- incorporeity,
- inextension,
- intangibility,
- miraculousness,
- mysteriousness,
- mystery,
- nonexteriority,
- numinousness,
- occult phenomena,
- occultism,
- otherworldliness,
- preternaturalism,
- psychical research,
- psychicism,
- psychics,
- psychism,
- shadowiness,
- spirit world,
- spirituality,
- spirituousness,
- superhumanity,
- supernaturality,
- supernaturalness,
- supernature,
- supernormalness,
- superphysicalness,
- supersensibleness,
- supranaturalism,
- supranature,
- the occult,
- the supernatural,
- the supersensible,
- transcendentalism,
- unearthliness,
- unsubstantiality,
- unsubstantialness,
- unworldliness,
- witchery