English Explanatory Dictionary

perinormal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Prepathological; lying between normal and pathological.
  2. Having previously been thought to be a paranormal phenomenon, but having since been scientifically verified as natural.

Word forms

perinormal

Etymology

From peri- + normal. Sense 2: by analogy with paranormal, and apparently coined by Richard Dawkins, though he does not claim to have been its sole originator.

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