paraphenomenal en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al ▲ Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. French phénomène ▲ Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French phénoménalbor. English phenomenal English paraphenomenal From para- + phenomenal.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Beyond ordinary phenomena; supernatural or paranormal.
This awareness, with all its latent power of expression in paraphenomenal events and abilities, is only another advance into the depths of Spirit. This range connects with others in a direct, psychic sense […]
1999, Lee Irwin, Awakening to Spirit: On Life, Illumination, and Being, page 117:[…] that in death the individual takes leave of its animal existence and passes into the transcendental, paraphenomenal realm of intrinsic being, or will.
2000, Akira Mizuta Lippit, Electric Animal: Toward a Rhetoric of Wildlife, page 43:But James Mill is not so convinced, and refutes the Kantian claim, denying that a transcendental consciousness can be so isolated from the act of perceiving and set up as a paraphenomenal comptroller apart and behind consciousness as auditor of self-conscious impressions.
1962, Ruth Reyna, The Philosophy of Matter in the Atomic Era, page 193: