supernaturalist

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Thân thiện

A supernaturalist painting depicts a glowing spirit in a moonlit forest.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to supernaturalism: Pertaining to or characteristic of the belief in supernatural forces, beings, or phenomena that operate outside or beyond the known laws of nature.
   • Involving supernatural explanations: Describing a perspective, belief, or system that attributes events or realities to causes beyond scientific understanding or the natural world.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The author's supernaturalist worldview is evident throughout her novels, which frequently feature ghosts and divine interventions.
  • Some philosophers argue against supernaturalist interpretations of the universe, favoring purely materialist explanations.

Advanced Usage

• As a modifying term: Used to specify the nature of a belief, argument, or tradition.
  • The debate between naturalist and supernaturalist accounts of human consciousness continues.
• In academic contexts: Often used in studies of religion, philosophy, and anthropology to classify types of belief systems.
  • The anthropologist documented the community's supernaturalist practices related to healing.

Variants and Related Words

• Supernaturalism (n): The belief in supernatural agencies or phenomena; a system of thought based on such belief.
  • His research focuses on the history of supernaturalism in early modern Europe.
• Supernatural (adj): Attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature.
  • Many cultures have stories of supernatural beings.

Synonyms

• Spiritualist: Relating to the belief that spirits of the dead can communicate with the living (more specific).
• Metaphysical: Concerned with abstract thought or subjects beyond the physical world (broader).
• Otherworldly: Pertaining to a realm beyond the physical world.

Antonyms

• Naturalist: Adhering to or based on the view that nothing exists beyond the natural world.
• Materialist: Believing that physical matter is the only fundamental reality.
• Rationalist: Relying on reason and logic rather than belief in the supernatural.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of or relating to supernaturalism
   • supernaturalist beliefs

Từ đồng nghĩa

• supernaturalistic