preternature

/pɹiːtəˈneɪtʃə/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

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"In my own heart there dwells no faith in preter-nature."
"We can speak here too, then, of pressure and, indeed, encroachment by the category of preternature on territory previously occupied by the miraculous."

From preter- + nature, after preternatural.

praeternature (alternative)

preternatural

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How do you pronounce preternature?

The recorded pronunciation is /pɹiːtəˈneɪtʃə/.

What does preternature mean?

The realm beyond the natural; the preternatural.

Where does preternature come from?

From preter- + nature, after preternatural.

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