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

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

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.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

The Past seems here to furnish the groundwork for the predictions of the Future, and Circe, knowing what has been in the pure forms of the supersensible, becomes the voice of what is to be.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques

Thus both Future and Past are given their place in the supersensible realm, both being abstractions from the Present, which is the reality, the world of the senses.

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques

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

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks