Meaning

2 senses
  1. Paranormal phenomenona collectively: all things paranormal; things with paranormality.

    Our next guest has spent a 40-year career studying the paranormal, and he has some thoughts he wants to share with our audience tonight.

  2. A person to whom paranormal powers are attributed.

Examples

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  1. Tom successfully convinced many people he possessed paranormal powers.

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  2. I've always had an interest in the paranormal.

    Мене завжди цікавили паранормальні явища.

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  3. Sami doesn't believe in the paranormal.

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  4. Sami started talking about paranormal stuff.

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  5. Sami has had a paranormal experience.

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Origin

From para- (“beyond”) + normal; compare supernatural. First use appears c. 1905.

From para- (“beyond”) + normal; compare supernatural. First use appears c. 1905.

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Forms

plural: paranormals
Singularparanormal
Pluralparanormals

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Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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