The study of or belief in phenomena that appear to violate the laws of nature as currently understood—telepathy, psychokinesis, ghosts, precognition, and related experiences. Paranormalism doesn't necessarily posit a separate supernatural realm; it suggests that nature may be stranger than our current models allow, and that phenomena currently labeled "paranormal" may eventually be incorporated into an expanded science. It's the position that the boundaries of the natural are not yet fixed, and that experiences dismissed as impossible deserve investigation rather than dismissal.
"I had a dream about my grandmother the night she died, exactly as it happened. Science says that's coincidence. Paranormalism says: maybe science doesn't know everything yet. Maybe there are phenomena we haven't explained, not because they're fake, but because our models are incomplete. Keep investigating, don't just dismiss."
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Causing or instilling paranoia.
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Etymology:
From para- (“beside, beyond”) + -nome (evoking metronome, gnome, and norm)
A principle, condition, or agent in which each individual acknowledges a shared rule but claims personal exemption from it. The rule persists, but its authority dissolves through universal exceptionality. The paranome is the norm that no one fully obeys; each participant bends it inward, ticking to their own logic while still orbiting its presence.
Etymology:
From para- (“beside, beyond”) + -nome (evoking metronome, gnome, and norm)
A principle, condition, or agent in which each individual acknowledges a shared rule but claims personal exemption from it. The rule persists, but its authority dissolves through universal exceptionality. The paranome is the norm that no one fully obeys; each participant bends it inward, ticking to their own logic while still orbiting its presence.
You can't truly reason with anybody, because they never see themselves as wrong, clearly their own exception to the rule. Society is one tangled chaotic mess of a silent paranome.
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The paradoxical act in Christian theology wherein God, through the crucifixion of Jesus, simultaneously commits filicide and self‑sacrifice — killing his own divine son who is consubstantial with himself. Used humorously or pedantically to describe any situation where someone sabotages themselves by sacrificing a part of their identity that is also them.
Etymology: From Greek paradoxon (contrary to expectation), auto (self), huios (son), theos (god), and Latin ‑cide (to kill).
See also:
• Paradoxiautoteknotheocide — variant using teknon (child) instead of huios (son).
• Autogenotheocide — emphasizes “offspring” but risks confusion with genocide.
• Autoparadoxidgenotheocide — maximalist pedantic form: “self‑paradox‑offspring‑god‑killing.”
• Theocide / Deicide — existing terms meaning “killing a god,” but lacking the paradoxical self‑referential nuance.
(noun)
The paradoxical act in Christian theology wherein God, through the crucifixion of Jesus, simultaneously commits filicide and self‑sacrifice — killing his own divine son who is consubstantial with himself. Used humorously or pedantically to describe any situation where someone sabotages themselves by sacrificing a part of their identity that is also them.
Etymology: From Greek paradoxon (contrary to expectation), auto (self), huios (son), theos (god), and Latin ‑cide (to kill).
See also:
• Paradoxiautoteknotheocide — variant using teknon (child) instead of huios (son).
• Autogenotheocide — emphasizes “offspring” but risks confusion with genocide.
• Autoparadoxidgenotheocide — maximalist pedantic form: “self‑paradox‑offspring‑god‑killing.”
• Theocide / Deicide — existing terms meaning “killing a god,” but lacking the paradoxical self‑referential nuance.
"The often cited paradoxiautohuiotheocide found in the New Testament tends to lead extensive debates over the nature of God and Jesus Christ. Paradoxiautohuiotheocide is a contrived convolution derived of the apparent paradox of Jesus Christ being both the son of God and God incarnate. No other express examples of this nature appear in theological mythology, and appears to be unique to the Christian faith. While it is true other mythologies certainly have gods who die, gods who sacrifice themselves, or gods who kill their offspring, no other has constructed it such that the demigod offspring embodies the parental deity leading to the dualistic suicide/filicide/patricide construction as found in the New Testament. It is unique as it fuses three different, yet common, mythological tropes; deity-mortal offspring, incarnation of the deity as a mortal, and self-sacrifice Paradoxiautohuiotheocide perfectly describes this narrative fusion within the Biblical narrative."
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"He was knackered and had a post-parandial pie, you'll see him tomorrow."
"He was knackered and had a post-parandial pie, you'll see him tomorrow."
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