parapsychology
Noun: The scientific study of apparent paranormal phenomena and experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, and precognition, which seem to contradict established physical laws and suggest the possibility of mental causation or perception beyond the known senses.
"Parapsychology" is used as a singular, uncountable noun to refer to the field or discipline of study. It is typically used in academic, scientific, or skeptical contexts. * Parapsychology investigates claims that are not easily explained by conventional science. * The university offers a course on the history of parapsychology. * She has a degree in psychology with a focus on parapsychology.
- As a field of inquiry: The term often implies a methodological approach to studying anomalous experiences, distinguishing it from mere belief or superstition.
- Mainstream science often remains skeptical of the findings in parapsychology.
- Parapsychological (adjective): Relating to parapsychology.
- They conducted a parapsychological experiment to test for ESP.
- Parapsychologist (noun): A person who studies or is an expert in parapsychology.
- The parapsychologist presented her research at the conference.
This word has one primary, specific meaning related to the study of psychic phenomena. It does not have common, distinct alternative definitions.
- Psychical research: An older, nearly synonymous term for the systematic investigation of psychic phenomena.
- Anomalistic psychology: A related field that studies extraordinary phenomena but often with a greater emphasis on psychological explanations like illusion, deception, or cognitive biases, rather than assuming paranormal causation.
There are no common idioms that use the word "parapsychology."
There are no phrasal verbs associated with the noun "parapsychology."
- phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes