oversoul

American  

[oh-ver-sohl] / ˈoʊ vərˌsoʊl /

noun

Philosophy.

1. (especially in transcendentalism) a supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.

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Etymology

Origin of oversoul

An Americanism dating back to 1841–44; over- + soul

Example Sentences

Crosslegged under an umbrel umbershoot he thrones an Aztec logos, functioning on astral levels, their oversoul, mahamahatma.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

The Crowd, by a kind of instinct—an oversoul or undersoul of which it knows not until afterward, takes up each tool gropingly—sometimes even against its will and against its conscience, uses it and drops it.

From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley

Janet, who in far-away France had not been touched by the financial anxieties, felt a genuine grief that gave her an admirable stimulus to her efflorescent oversoul.

From The Second Generation by Phillips, David Graham

The second or subliminal personality is the superior spiritual self, the man's own oversoul, which automatically superintends all physical functions and procedures, and influences mental and moral attitudes.

From The Life Radiant by Whiting, Lilian

An artificial oversoul she is, that may presently break down and reveal a human being beneath it.

From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)