hyperphysical

American  

[hahy-per-fiz-i-kuhl] / ˌhaɪ pərˈfɪz ɪ kəl /

adjective

1. being above or beyond the physical; immaterial; supernatural.

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hyperphysical British  

/ ˌhaɪpəˈfɪzɪkəl /

adjective

1. beyond the physical; supernatural or immaterial

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Other Word Forms

• hyperphysically adverb

Etymology

Origin of hyperphysical

First recorded in 1590–1600; hyper- + physical

Example Sentences

These are but some of the disparate images conjured in Jacques Heim’s latest dance piece, “Fearful Symmetries,” for his hyperphysical Los Angeles troupe, Diavolo.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2010

Tracks like the dynamic opener, English Boy, showcase Townshend's talent for mixing metaphysical lyrics with hyperphysical music.

From Time Magazine Archive

Transcendental hypotheses are therefore inadmissible; and we cannot use the liberty of employing, in the absence of physical, hyperphysical grounds of explanation.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

Neither the physical nor the hyperphysical actions, however, exclude the idea of the Divine concurrence, and with every consistent theist that idea is necessarily included.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

That day, extraordinary to relate, Colline's swallow-tail only contained a quarto volume of Bayle, a treatise on the hyperphysical faculties in three volumes, a volume of Condillac, two of Swedenborg and Pope's "Essay on Man."

From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Murger, Henry