PARAPSYCHOLOGIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parapsychologist mean? 

• PARAPSYCHOLOGIST (noun)
  The noun PARAPSYCHOLOGIST has 1 sense:

1. someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance

  Familiarity information: PARAPSYCHOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARAPSYCHOLOGIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("parapsychologist" is a kind of...):

psychologist (a scientist trained in psychology)

Instance hyponyms:

J. B. Rhine; Joseph Banks Rhine; Rhine (United States parapsychologist (1895-1980))

Derivation:

parapsychology (phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes)