supernatural evil

Evil beyond nature

Supernatural evil refers to malevolent forces beyond natural explanation—demons, devils, curses, and dark spirits that populate religious traditions and horror fiction.

The phrase distinguishes evil attributed to otherworldly sources from ordinary human wrongdoing: The film explores supernatural evil rather than psychological horror.

It implies evil with agency and intention, often requiring spiritual rather than practical remedies.

Related

restless spirit · possession · damnation · eternal damnation · dark magic · curse · cursed object · vampire · haunting · forbidden knowledge · satanic ritual · sacrificial rite · succubus · banshee · hex · hellhound · wraith · black mass

Opposites
moral valence

supernatural evilholy

Dedicated to the divine

sacred · divine grace · heavenly · angelic · blessed

ontological source

supernatural evilhuman depravity

Inherent wickedness of people

natural disaster

existence/reality

supernatural evilnatural world

Non-artificial environment and organisms

Family

supernatural, evil, super, natural, nature, supernaturally, supernaturalism, evilly, evilness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG