the supernatural• supernatural forces• The villagers believed that she had supernatural powers.• stories about the supernatural• belief in the supernatural• Many of the people here continue to believe in the supernatural.
Examples from the Corpus
supernatural• It also reminds us of how recently belief in the supernatural was part of life.• But it was a fear of the inexplicable, the unknown, not of the supernatural.• Nor were more educated Protestants totally impervious to the pull of the supernatural.• I need facts, not stories of the supernatural.• Successfulgolf requires luck, too, something to make you feel that the supernatural is on your side.
Originsupernatural1
(1500-1600)Medieval Latinsupernaturalis, from Latinnatura“nature”