supersensible
- adjective
- /ˌsuːpərˈsɛnsəbl/
- Formal
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supersensible
- The concept of supersensible entities challenges our understanding of reality, as they exist beyond ordinary perception.
- supersensible perception
Examples
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Some philosophers believe that certain aspects of the universe are supersensible and cannot be detected by our physical senses.
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This is at least part of what Steiner means by "supersensible" or "clairvoyant" perception (taking "clairvoyance" broadly to include what is no consciousness—it cannot arise until the fourth phase).
Academic text (1991) -
Classification, moreover, raises questions central to Peirce's philosophy and, indeed, to any theoretical project that explains the world in terms of supersensible structures.
Academic text (1994) -
That is, he said that supersensible perception allows one to see the influx into individual beings of spiritual influences, which originate ultimately in the divine reality.
Academic text (1991) -
On the basis of this assumption, Steiner can assume that supersensible perception and sense-free thinking can almost perfectly reflect the truth about reality, and that they can be virtually free of distortions introduced by individual, sexual, racial, religious, and species-wide biases.
Academic text (1991) -
Against those who suggested that at least some of his so-called supersensible perceptions might in fact be hallucinations, he declared that he could clearly tell the difference between objective realities and products of his own imagination (1972, 280).
Academic text (1991) -
After a thirty-year search for a subject who convincingly exhibited the kind of special consciousness that produced reliable knowledge of the supersensible, James settled on one candidate, Mrs. Piper, as his "white crow," and, in Essays in Psychical Research (1986), concluded undramatically:
Academic text (1991) -
We cannot know supersensible objects—objects transcending all sensory experience—including, most importantly, the human soul and God (though we inevitably think these concepts for purely practical purposes).
Academic text (2008) -
Many spiritual traditions claim to access supersensible realms that offer insights beyond typical sensory experiences.
Synonyms
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6.5
Very hard or impossible to notice
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7.8
Very small or slight and hard to notice
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9.1
A kind of knowing that comes from beyond the normal senses
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8.8
Hard to see, hear, or notice
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8.0
Not able to be seen or noticed when you look
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9.3
Hard to feel or notice with your senses
Beyond what you can notice with your senses, like sight or touch
You cannot feel, see, or hear it
Not able to be seen, heard, or touched and felt in a spiritual way
A part of reality beyond things you can see or measure
Cannot be seen or measured directly with instruments
Too small, slow, or quiet for people to notice
Too small to be seen, heard, or noticed
Not possible for people to know or understand
Antonyms
How Perceptible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Supersensible comes from super- meaning 'above' and sensible, which is based on 'sense' meaning 'to feel or notice'. So, supersensible means something that is above what our ordinary senses can feel or notice.