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preternatural
English
Alternative forms
- praeternatural
- præternatural (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin pretern?t?r?lis/praetern?t?r?lis, from praeter n?t?ram, from praeter (“beyond”) + n?t?ra (“nature”); compare supernatural.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?i?.t??næt??.(?)?.?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?i.t??næt??.(?)?.?l/
- (US)
Adjective
preternatural (comparative more preternatural, superlative most preternatural)
- Beyond or not conforming to what is natural or according to the regular course of things; strange.
- Synonyms: inexplicable, exceptional, extraordinary, abnormal, uncanny
- 1815, William Shearman, New Medical and Physical Journal
- I have employed cold air, and very often spongings with cold water, in order to moderate the preternatural heat of the skin, and to check the increased velocity of the circulation.
- 1882, George Edward Ellis, The Red Man and the White Man in North America, p. 152,
- Doubtless there has been some exaggeration in the picturesque and fanciful relations of the almost preternatural skill and cunning of the Indian […]
- 2018 "Quintessential Deckerstar", Lucifer
- D.B. Woodside as Amenadiel: "Something Charlotte said made me think. Maybe celestial beings and humans, Luci maybe they aren't that different."
- Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar: "What, are we talking in bed? 'Cause we know all know my skills are preternatural. But I suppose you on the other hand..."
- (dated) Having an existence outside of the natural world.
- Synonyms: paranormal, supernatural, unnatural
- 1817, William Hazlitt, Characters of Shakespeare's Plays, "Macbeth",
- Macbeth is like a record of a preternatural and tragical event.
- 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Book 1, Chapter 11,
- Not Leonore, in that preternatural midnight excursion with her phantom lover, was more terrified than poor Maggie in this entirely natural ride on a short-paced donkey, [...]
- 1925, Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Ring of Thoth",
- Vansittart Smith, fixing his eyes upon the fellow's skin, was conscious of a sudden impression that there was something inhuman and preternatural about its appearance.
Usage notes
- In modern secular use, refers to extraordinary but still natural phenomena, as in “preternatural talent”. In religious and occult usage, used similarly to supernatural, meaning “outside of nature”, but usually to a lower level than supernatural – it can be used synonymously (identical to supernatural), as a hyponym (a kind of supernatural), or a coordinate term (similar to supernatural, but a distinct category). For example, in Catholic theology, preternatural refers to properties of creatures like angels, while supernatural refers to properties of God alone.
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Translations
Further reading
- preternatural on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- preternatural in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Portuguese
Adjective
preternatural m or f (plural preternaturais, comparable)
- preternatural
Spanish
Adjective
preternatural (plural preternaturales)
- preternatural
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hypothetical
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????????? (hupothetikós)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ha?p????t?kl/
Adjective
hypothetical (comparative more hypothetical, superlative most hypothetical)
- Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
- (philosophy) conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent
Synonyms
- conjectural
- (contingent upon some hypothesis): conditional
Antonyms
- (actual): actual
- (in philosophy): categorical
Translations
Noun
hypothetical (plural hypotheticals)
- A hypothetical situation or proposition
- These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.
Related terms
- hypothesis
- hypothesize
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