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- meaning - Preternatural vs supernatural - English Language Usage . . .
I am wondering what the precise differences between preternatural and supernatural are I know praeter is Latin for beyond so that preternatural literally means beyond natural But how exactly
- looking for distinctions between “preternatural” and “unnatural”
Preternatural means “above or beyond nature” (everyone seems to agree on that) whereas unnatural means “in defiance of nature ” Unnatural is a generalized term that could include either preternatural or supernatural as subsets Preternatural in modern usage is nothing but a fancy literary synonym for unnatural Opinions, anyone?
- What is the word used to describe the fear of the unknown?
Coming from another direction, perhaps instead of a word for a specific type of fear, you're looking for a word which you can combine with "fear" to describe the its unknown, otherwordly source? Something that sounds like "supernatural" and "transcendental" and "paranormal"? Are you thinking of "preternatural", perhaps? (As in "a preternatural
- Single word for for beyond their years - English Language Usage . . .
Is there a word that indicates somebody has an innate sense of something exceeding the expected grasp of that sense for his age? Similar to wise beyond their years An example case would be a ~18
- Word for something being calm and weird at the same time
A central image in both poems is the preternatural "calm before the storm" a natural image that both poets use to characterize a scene in which a man is about to inflict a mortal blow upon an utterly helpless and passive victim, and then delivers it J M Ortiz; Shakespeare and the Culture of Romanticism
- meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I would say Supernatural is something that's still in the realm of natural perception, even when is above normal Ex "Supernatural strength, supernatural intelligence" In the other hand, Paranormal breaks the normality cause the origin is out of normal, natural Ex "Sounds were paranormal, the light was paranormal" In the case of the light, the supernatural light could still be light, in
- Is the last word in “The past is ____. ” ‘past’ or ‘passed’?
It's passed (passed by us, over, finished) It's entirely correct, although rather archaic to conjugate pass with be The past is passed, the future is now is apparently a quote from Joe Dirt, but it's rather like Shakespeare's Tempest: Whereof what's past is prologue; what to come, In yours and my discharge
- What do you call someone who doesnt believe in an afterlife but is . . .
Someone needs to redefine atheism or come up with another term to describe those who believe in the soul and OR an afterlife type existance persistance but not in an all powerful, all knowing, God-creator Maybe Taosim comes closest and Buddhism comes in second, but each has it's own strict tenets of belief and structure as do most religions I'd go with "Taoistic" for now
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