Supernaturalism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  supernaturalism
       n 1: a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding
       2: the quality of being attributed to power that seems to
          violate or go beyond natural forces [syn: {supernaturalness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "supernaturalism":
     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