Subnatural

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing spectroscopic lines that are narrower than those produced naturally
  2. 2
    Below or beneath nature.

    "As the well-known “problem of natural evil” indicates, this transparency is only relative. In a fallen, subnatural world, there is a certain opaqueness to God's purposes […]"

Example

More examples

"As the well-known “problem of natural evil” indicates, this transparency is only relative. In a fallen, subnatural world, there is a certain opaqueness to God's purposes […]"

Etymology

From sub- + natural.

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