SPR
Speech parts
1. SPR - Noun
2. SPR - Proper noun
Meaning
SPR
(sports) Abbreviation of Springfield.
(spectroscopy) Initialism of surface plasmon resonance.
Synonym: surface plasmon resonance
(phylogenetics) Initialism of subtree pruning and regrafting.
Initialism of strategic petroleum reserve.
Synonym: strategic petroleum reserve
Initialism of self-piercing rivet.
Initialism of self-piercing riveting.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
As the investigations of the SPR, and other skeptics, were made public, many fraudulent mediums saw their careers ruined and many unsuspecting clients were enraged at the deception perpetrated."
A sceptical look at SPR members who had supported Spiritualism, concludes they were duped by fraudulent mediums.
Hall also claimed SPR members "lack knowledge of deceptive methods."
Early SPR members like Henry Sidgwick and Frederic W. H. Myers hoped to cling to something spiritual through psychical research.
Grant Richards, London. pp. 265-301 Clodd analyzed the SPR and saw nothing more than "barbaric spiritual philosophy", he mocked the language of SPR members "subliminal consciousness" and "telepathic energy" as a disguise for "bastard supernaturalism."
Hutchinson, p. 37 He held an interest in parapsychology and was an early member of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), he was not convinced of spiritualism but remained open to the possibility of supernatural phenomena.