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oversoul

[oh-ver-sohl]

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noun Philosophy.

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

Origin of oversoul

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for oversoul

Logos, oversoul

Examples from the Web for oversoul

Contemporary Examples of 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

Historical Examples of oversoul

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.
Silver Pitchers: and Independence
Louisa May Alcott