supersensible

American  

[soo-per-sen-suh-buhl] / ˌsu pərˈsɛn sə bəl /

adjective

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

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supersensible British  

/ ˌsuːpəˈsɛnsərɪ, ˌsuːpəˈsɛnsɪbəl /

adjective

1. imperceptible to or beyond reach of the senses

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Other Word Forms

• supersensibly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of supersensible

First recorded in 1790–1800; super- + sensible

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

supersensible

The best way to save America, concludes Canon Bell, is to raise up an elite, "servants of supersensible purpose," who will help the Common Man to perceive "what the good life is."

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The wanderer must wander thither, the absolute necessity lies upon him—and he must fetch back word about what he saw, and thus be a mediator between the sensible and supersensible, between time and eternity.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider

Now it may appear strange to many people that the writer of this book admits this freely, and yet undertakes to make statements about supersensible worlds.

From An Outline of Occult Science by Rudolf Steiner

We feel in these dark Cimmerian limits his wrestle to pass over to the supersensible by thought.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider