supersensible

[soo-per-sen-suh-buhl]

adjective

1. being above or beyond perception by the senses; beyond the reach of the senses.

supersensible

/ ˌsuːpəˈsɛnsərɪ, ˌsuːpəˈsɛnsɪbəl /

adjective

1. imperceptible to or beyond reach of the senses

Other Word Forms

• supersensibly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of supersensible¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; super- + sensible

Example Sentences

It has nothing necessarily to do with a supersensible or a supernatural, if these words mean a ghostly, materialised, but super-finely-materialised nature, above and beyond the present.

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Kant had admitted the subjective reality of sensible impressions, and had claimed a similar reality for our mental images of supersensible things.

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Whether there be a spiritual universe answering to our conception, a Being justifying reason's idea of supreme unity, a soul that can exist in an eternal, supersensible world, are questions the philosopher declined to discuss.

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Supersensible, sū-pėr-sen′si-bl, adj. above the range of the senses, spiritual.—adv.

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Astral, as′tral, adj. belonging to the stars: starry: in the science of Theosophy, descriptive of a supersensible substance supposed to pervade all space and enter into all bodies.—Astral body, a living form composed of astral fluid, a ghost or wraith; Astral spirits, pervading spirits supposed to animate the heavenly bodies, forming, as it were, their souls—among the most potent of demoniacal spirits in medieval demonology.

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