- apparitional
- adjective see apparition
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
apparitional
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Apparitional — Ap pa*ri tion*al, a. Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. An apparitional soul. Tylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
apparitional — adjective Of or pertaining to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly; immaterial; spectral. People enough, first and last, had been in terror of apparitions, but who had ever before so turned the tables and become himself, in the apparitional… … Wiktionary
Apparitional experience — In psychology and parapsychology, an apparitional experience is an anomalous, quasi perceptual experience.In scientific or academic discussion the term apparitional experience is to be preferred to the term ghost in respect of the following… … Wikipedia
apparitional — See apparition. * * * … Universalium
apparitional — ap·pa·ri·tion·al … English syllables
apparitional — adjective resembling or characteristic of a phantom a ghostly face at the window a phantasmal presence in the room spectral emanations spiritual tappings at a seance • Syn: ↑ghostlike, ↑ghostly, ↑phantasmal, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
apparitional experience — see apparition … Dictionary of Hallucinations
apparition — apparitional, adj. /ap euh rish euhn/, n. 1. a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, esp. a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith: a ghostly apparition at midnight. 2. anything that appears, esp. something remarkable or startling: the… … Universalium
Parapsychology — American psychologist and philosopher William James (1842–1910) was an early psychical researcher.[1] Part of a series of artic … Wikipedia
Hallucinations in those who are not mentally ill — A hallucination may occur in a person in a state of good mental and physical health, even in the apparent absence of a transient trigger factor such as fatigue, intoxication or sensory deprivation.It is not yet widely recognised that… … Wikipedia
