Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who studies or is versed in parapsychology.
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- noun A person who purports to study or practice
parapsychology .
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- noun someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance
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Examples
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I wrote my editor at Penguin, who very apologetically told me that somehow the copy was rewritten after I approved the supposedly final version, and, so, on the cover (the covers are already being printed) Harvey will be described as a parapsychologist, even though he's nothing of the sort.
I never used subject lines at Blogger, so why do I need them here? greygirlbeast 2009
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Or should I at once call the parapsychologist and arrange an interview?
Dread Companion Norton, Andre 1970
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'parapsychologist' and she gets hired for a New Orleans family to investigate their ancestral home, which seems to have some angry ghosts living there!
A Striped Armchair 2008
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She is also a parapsychologist which directs the theme of the book.
NaNoWriMo Day 1 Update and Lessons Learnt on Writing My First Novel | The Creative Penn 2009
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Alaric tells him that his wife was a parapsychologist and her work led him here.
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You should all know this: Charles Harvey, in The Red Tree, is not a parapsychologist.
I never used subject lines at Blogger, so why do I need them here? greygirlbeast 2009
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Harold Ramis not only co-wrote that movie but also played the role of parapsychologist, aka ghostbuster, Dr. Egon Spengler.
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Maybe it'll sell more books, if people think they're getting a parapsychologist (even though they're not).
I never used subject lines at Blogger, so why do I need them here? greygirlbeast 2009
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Recently, it was pointed out to me that synopses of the book appearing online speak of him as a parapsychologist, which, as I've said, he is not.
I never used subject lines at Blogger, so why do I need them here? greygirlbeast 2009
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The original The Entity was supposedly based on a true story where a woman believed she was being repeatedly raped and tortured by an unseen physical force in her own home and enlisted a parapsychologist to investigate what was happening.
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