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Definition of "supernaturalism" []

  • The quality of being supernatural. (noun)
  • Belief in a supernatural agency that intervenes in the course of natural laws. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "supernaturalism" in a sentence
  • "Hear the witness of a member that he cannot believe in supernaturalism, that believing in reason and observation rather than Jesus and the Bible is the only reliable way to discern truth, that he believes in this life and not the afterlife, and that the other nine months of the year he belongs to a Methodist church in Indiana."
  • "John Wendt: Show us how theistic supernaturalism is a better guide to understanding biology."
  • "Show us how theistic supernaturalism is a better guide to understanding biology."