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supersensual

supersensual

9.9
Not able to be seen, heard, or touched and felt in a spiritual way
  • adjective
  • /ˌsuːpərˈsɛnʃuəl/
  • Literature
translation icon : supersensual
  • Meditation helped her reach a supersensual state of awareness beyond ordinary experience.

Examples

  • The painting had a supersensual quality that left the viewers in awe.

  • Some artists try to express supersensual ideas through abstract forms and colors.

  • The philosopher spoke of a supersensual reality that cannot be detected by our five senses.

  • Her supersensual experiences during meditation transformed her understanding of reality.

  • During meditation, she experienced a supersensual connection to the universe beyond her physical surroundings.

  • The artwork evoked a supersensual feeling that transcended the ordinary visual experience, touching something deeper within.

  • He claimed to have had a supersensual encounter that made him feel spiritually uplifted and connected to a higher reality.

Synonyms

extrasensory
vssupersensual
4 9.1

A kind of knowing that comes from beyond the normal senses

is broader focusing on any beyond-sense existence not just special faculties
etheric
vssupersensual
  • Jargon
1 9.8

Light and delicate with a feeling of something not physical

is more about sensed spiritual or mystical experience than airy imagery
supersensuous
vssupersensual
  • Formal
9.9

Beyond what you can notice with your senses, like sight or touch

focuses more on spiritual or mystical experience than mere lack of sensory access
suprasensual
vssupersensual
9.9

You cannot feel, see, or hear it

often highlights spiritual or mystical perception rather than general beyondness
supersensible
vssupersensual
  • Formal
9.9

You cannot see, hear, touch, smell or taste

is used more for spiritual or mystical experience than mere undetectability
supramundane
vssupersensual
9.9

Existing beyond the physical world and not able to be seen or touched

is used more for sensory beyondness often in mystical perception
transmundane
vssupersensual
  • Literature
9.9

Beyond the physical world and normal human experience

is focused more narrowly on beyond-senses spiritual perception
ultraterrene
vssupersensual
  • Literature
9.9

A thing that seems from another world and gives a calm, spiritual feeling

is used more for perception beyond senses not only earthly origin
superlunary
vssupersensual
  • Literature
9.9

Beyond the moon and ordinary life, like something from another world

is used more for sensory beyondness in mystical or spiritual experience

Antonyms

sensual
  • NSFW
35 6.0

Giving strong pleasure to the senses like touch, smell, or sight

2 3.5

Relating to physical things or possessions, not spiritual

How Transcendent

supersensual
  • Literature
9.9
transcendent
31 8.8
numinous
  • Literature
4 9.9
mystical
106 7.1
spiritual
660 4.8
ordinary
683 1.0

Surface Forms

supersensual positive

Morphology

supersensual = sensual (transparent) = super + sensual

The meaning 'beyond the physical senses' follows directly from the prefix 'super-' ('beyond') combined with 'sensual'.

Etymology

Supersensual comes from super- ('above') and sensual (from 'sense' meaning 'feeling'), so it gives the image of something 'above the senses' and helps you remember it means a reality or experience beyond our physical senses.