paranormal

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Related topics: Occult

par·a·nor·mal /ˌpærəˈnɔːməl◂ $ -ˈnɔːr-/ adjective 1 ROparanormal events cannot be explained by science and seem strange and mysterious 不能用科学解释的；超自然的，神秘的 → supernatural ghosts and other paranormal phenomena 鬼以及其他超自然现象2 the paranormal ROstrange and mysterious events in general 超自然现象，神秘事件 researchers investigating the paranormal 调查超自然事件的研究人员

Examples from the Corpus

paranormal• And Eustace didn't believe in the paranormal.• Despite severe criticism, the newspaper conducted a poll in 1980 into the paranormal beliefs and experiences of its readers.• They allowed a council-appointed paranormal expert into their home to investigate a nine-month haunting.• It may be, however, that it is also a product of paranormal invulnerability that arises from athletic discipline.• The paranormal is automatically consigned to the demonic because it is not immediately biblical.• ESP and other paranormal phenomena• That's the problem which the paranormal presents for us, and it's the problem which miracles presented for Hume.• Hoagland was asked whether he had any connections to paranormal researchers, or to Bigfoot.• Most modern researchers into the paranormal set little store by such experiments.