preternatural

(prē'tər-năch'ər-əl, -năch'rəl)
adj.

1. Out of or being beyond the normal course of nature; differing from the natural.
2. Surpassing the normal or usual; extraordinary: "Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel" (George F. Will).
3. Transcending the natural or material order; supernatural.

[Medieval Latin praeternātūrālis, from Latin praeter nātūrām, beyond nature : praeter, beyond; see preterit + nātūra, nature; see nature.]

preternaturalism pre'ter·nat'u·ral·ism n.
preternaturally pre'ter·nat'u·ral·ly adv.
preternaturalness pre'ter·nat'u·ral·ness n.

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adjective

1. Departing from the normal: aberrant, abnormal, anomalistic, anomalous, atypic, atypical, deviant, divergent, irregular, unnatural. See good/bad, usual/unusual.
2. Greatly exceeding or departing from the normal course of nature: supernatural, unnatural. See usual/unusual.
3. Of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world: extramundane, extrasensory, metaphysical, miraculous, superhuman, supernatural, superphysical, supersensible, transcendental, unearthly. See supernatural.

adj

Definition: unusual, abnormal
Antonyms: common, natural, normal, regular, usual

For a list of words related to preternatural, see:

• Occult States and Experiences - preternatural: (adj) extraordinary, existing outside nature

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - usædvanlig, overnaturlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
tegennatuurlijk, abnormaal

Français (French)
adj. - surnaturel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - außergewöhnlich, übernatürlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υπερφυσικός

Italiano (Italian)
sovrannaturale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sobrenatural, extraordinário

Русский (Russian)
аномальный, сверхъестественный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inexplicable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - övernaturlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
超自然的, 奇异的, 异常的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 超自然的, 奇異的, 異常的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 초자연적인, 이상한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 超自然的な, 不可思議な, 異常な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شاذ, غير طبيعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮על-טבעי, אל-טבעי‬

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