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Supernaturalism

Definition: Supernaturalism

Supernaturalism

Noun

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "supernaturalism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references)


Synonym: Supernaturalism

Synonym: supernaturalness (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Supernaturalism

English words defined with "supernaturalism": supernaturalist, supernaturalistic, Supranaturalism, Supranaturalistic. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Supernaturalism

DomainTitle

Books

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Usage Frequency: Supernaturalism

"Supernaturalism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Supernaturalism" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Supernaturalism

Language Translations for "supernaturalism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Vietnamese 

  

chủ nghĩa siêu tự nhiên. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Supernaturalism

Derivations

Words beginning with "supernaturalism": supernaturalisms. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Supernaturalism"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "supernaturalism" (pronounced suw'perna"kheruli'zum)
10-n a" kh er u l i' z u mnaturalism.
8-kh er u l i' z u mmulticulturalism.
7-er u l i' z u mfederalism, liberalism, multilateralism, pastoralism.
6-u l i' z u mbilingualism, cannibalism, capitalism, centralism, colonialism, commercialism, dualism, emotionalism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, evangelism, factionalism, fatalism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, gradualism, imperialism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, journalism, legalism, materialism, mercantilism, metabolism, minimalism, moralism, mutualism, nationalism, neutralism, nihilism, parochialism, paternalism, pluralism, populism, professionalism, provincialism, racialism, radicalism, sensationalism, socialism, symbolism, territorialism, vandalism.
5-l i' z u malcoholism, botulism, embolism, idealism, parallelism, realism, surrealism.
4-i' z u mabolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bolshevism, boosterism, catechism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, empiricism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, fanaticism, fascism, favoritism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, illusionism, impressionism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, leftism, lesbianism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, mechanism, mesmerism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, mysticism, narcissism, nativism, negativism, nepotism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parkinsonism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, polymorphism, polytheism, positivism, pragmatism, protectionism, puritanism, racism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, statism, stoicism, synergism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism.
3-z u mbosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm.

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Anagrams: Supernaturalism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-l-m-n-p-r-r-s-s-t-u-u"

-2 letters: supernaturals.

-3 letters: paternalisms, planetariums, supernatural, ultramarines.

-4 letters: manipulates, naturalises, naturalisms, neutralisms, parliaments, paternalism, planetarium, seminatural, suprarenals, ultramarine.

-5 letters: airstreams, aluminates, amiantuses, antiserums, implanters, intermural, intramural, manipulate, marsupials, naturalise, naturalism, nautiluses, neutralism, paltriness, parimutuel, parliament, penultimas, premarital, prurituses, psalterium, reimplants, separatism, slipstream, spearmints, spermatial, superlunar, supersmart, suprarenal, surrealism, surrealist, tarpaulins, transpires, tularemias.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-l-m-n-p-r-r-s-s-t-u-u"
 

+1 letter: supernaturalisms.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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