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oversoul

[oh-ver-sohl]
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noun Philosophy.
  1. (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
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  • 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

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