perinormal

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English

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Etymology

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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.

Adjective

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perinormal (not comparable)

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