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oversoul

[ oh-ver-sohl ]
/ ˈoʊ vərˌsoʊl /
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noun Philosophy.

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

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Origin of oversoul

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

Words nearby oversoul

oversleep, oversleeve, overslip, oversold, oversolicitous, oversoul, overspecialization, overspend, overspill, overspin, overspread
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Words related to oversoul

world soul

Example sentences from the Web for oversoul

  • I believe in the unseen world and believe the cosmos is probably something like the Oversoul that Emerson wrote of.

    Where’s the Faith in Fiction? Try Crime Novels|David Masciotra|March 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST

  • About the time the grain was ready to house, some call of the Oversoul wafted all the men away.

    Silver Pitchers: and Independence|Louisa May Alcott

  • The club was a funny mixture of rabbis and weedy old ladies, the "oversoul" and oysters.

    Louisa May Alcott|Louisa May Alcott

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

    Ulysses|James Joyce