Perinormal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Perinormal is an adjective meaning (medicine) Prepathological; lying between normal and pathological.
Meaning
(medicine) Prepathological; lying between normal and pathological.
More Meanings
- Having previously been thought to be a paranormal phenomenon, but having since been scientifically verified as natural.
Example Sentences
2007 March 3, Sam Vaknin, Ph.D., “Parapsychology and the Paranormal”, The Paranormal & Ghost Society, Google Groups The eventual acceptance by the scientific community and incorporation into the mainstream of science of phenomena that were once considered paranormal and then perinormal (e.g., hypnotism).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pathological, normopathic, nonpathology, perinatologic, malnormal, paraclinical.
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