Something that exists or happens outside the normal laws of nature, like ghosts, magic, or divine miracles.
From Latin 'super' (above) and 'naturalis' (natural). Formed in medieval times to describe phenomena that seemed beyond natural explanation, distinguishing the divine from the physical world.
The word 'supernatural' is fascinating because it assumes we know what 'natural' is—but science keeps proving things we thought were supernatural are actually just nature we didn't understand yet.
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