"paranormal" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more paranormal [comparative], most paranormal [superlative]
Etymology: para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + normal; compare supernatural. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|para|normal|t1=above, beyond; abnormal}} para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + normal, {{m|en|supernatural}} supernatural Head templates: {{en-adj}} paranormal (comparative more paranormal, superlative most paranormal)
  1. That (ostensibly) cannot be explained by what scientists know; supernatural; especially of or pertaining to ghosts, spirits, and supposed abilities like telepathy. Categories (topical): Fictional abilities, Occult, Parapsychology, People Derived forms: paranormalism, paranormalist, paranormality, paranormally, paranormal romance Translations (cannot be explained by scientific methods): خارق للطبيعَة (Arabic), paranormal (Catalan), 超常的 (Chinese Mandarin), paranormální (Czech), paranormal (Danish), paranormaali (Finnish), yliluonnollinen (Finnish), paranormal (Galician), παραφυσικός (parafysikós) (Greek), αφύσικος (afýsikos) (Greek), υπερφυσικός (yperfysikós) (Greek), paranormális (Hungarian), paranormálta (Irish), paranormale (Italian), whaiwhaiā (Maori), paranormalny (Polish), paranormal (Portuguese), паранормальный (paranormalʹnyj) (Russian), paranormal (Spanish), siêu tâm linh (Vietnamese), huyền bí (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-paranormal-en-adj-0S7HuzK0 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 92 8 Disambiguation of Occult: 89 11 Disambiguation of Parapsychology: 95 5 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with para- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with para-: 56 44

Noun

Forms: paranormals [plural]
Etymology: para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + normal; compare supernatural. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|para|normal|t1=above, beyond; abnormal}} para- (“above, beyond; abnormal”) + normal, {{m|en|supernatural}} supernatural Head templates: {{en-noun}} paranormal (plural paranormals)
  1. A person to whom paranormal powers are attributed.
    Sense id: en-paranormal-en-noun-1-SqvPUH

Inflected forms

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