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supernaturalism


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supernaturalism  \Su`per*nat"u*ral*ism\,  n. 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  supernatural; 
  supernaturalness. 
 
  2.  (Theol.)  The  doctrine  of  a  divine  and  supernatural  agency 
  in  the  production  of  the  miracles  and  revelations  recorded 
  in  the  Bible,  and  in  the  grace  which  renews  and  sanctifies 
  men,  --  in  opposition  to  the  doctrine  which  denies  the 
  agency  of  any  other  than  physical  or  natural  causes  in  the 
  case.  [Written  also  {supranaturalism}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  supernaturalism 
  n  1:  a  belief  in  forces  beyond  ordinary  human  understanding 
  2:  the  quality  of  being  attributed  to  power  that  seems  to 
  violate  or  go  beyond  natural  forces  [syn:  {supernaturalness}] 




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