Definition of "paranormal" []

• Beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation: such paranormal phenomena as telepathy; a medium's paranormal powers. (adjective)

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.

• "The book itself goes along the lines of paranormal romance and urban fantasy, settling for the title paranormal suspense."
• "When considering these and other unconventional scientific topics, it might be useful for science journalists to abandon the term paranormal and think about aspects of them that may be normal and natural, and therefore worthy of normal journalistic inquiry."
• "He argues that perhaps the strongest single drive in human beings is what he calls the paranormal belief imperative."