parapsychology

1. 1.

   phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes

   Synonymspsychic phenomenapsychic phenomenon

   Broaderpsychic communication

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Other forms of parapsychology

plural

parapsychologies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parapsychology

What does parapsychology mean?

parapsychology means "phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes".

How many syllables are in parapsychology?

parapsychology has 6 syllables: pa-rap-sy-cho-lo-gy. The stress falls on "cho".

What is another word for parapsychology?

Close synonyms include psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parapsychology a common word?

parapsychology is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.