a. [f. prec.: see -ISTIC.] Holding the belief of a supernaturalist; of, belonging to, or caracteristic of supernaturalists; pertaining to or involving supernaturalism.
1841. Penny Cycl., XIX. 311/2. The so-called Supernaturalistic Rationalists, admitted … a supernatural revelation, but considered reason as the only means of recognising … it.
1882. Cheyne, Isaiah, vi. App. ¶ 1. Compelling us to a ‘supernaturalistic’ conception of Old Testament prophecy.
1896. A. W. Benn, in Academy, 18 July, 43/2. The ‘rationalistic’ theory, according to which the so-called miracles were natural occurrences interpreted in a supernaturalistic sense.
