superrational
AmericanOther Word Forms
- superrationality noun
- superrationally adverb
Etymology
Origin of superrational
Example Sentences
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Aldous Huxley suggested that the world resembled a head on its side, with the superrational Old World occupying a different sphere from the vacant, dreamy spaces of the collective subconscious of the West.
From Time Magazine Archive
Strung between the poles of the superrational and the occult, it suffers from disuse and neglect.
From Time Magazine Archive
"People have not gotten a real sense of what Star Trek fandom is really all about," says Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock, the superrational, pointy- eared Vulcan on the original series.
From Time Magazine Archive
The religious man is superrational and nobly imaginative as he emphasizes the difference between man and nature.
From Preaching and Paganism by Fitch, Albert Parker
Looking thus at life, shorn of its superrational sanctions, Saxon floundered into the morass of pessimism.
From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack
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