supersensual

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adjective

Beyond the range of what is perceptible by the senses; not belonging to the experienceable physical world.

“Heaven is a supersensual realm.”

Similar
supersensiblesupersensorysupersensuous
OriginEnglish sensual ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super →
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Meanings

adjectivesupersensual (comparative more supersensual, superlative most supersensual)

comparative more supersensual · superlative most supersensual

  1. Beyond the range of what is perceptible by the senses; not belonging to the experienceable physical world.

    Heaven is a supersensual realm.

  2. Provoking or exciting an extremely strong response in the senses; sensual.

    Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, sexy subject and giant media stars combined with the super-sensual milieu of Hollywood hairdressers who were at that early '70s moment a hot celebrity subspecies.

    2015, Dick Guttman, Starflacker: Inside the Golden Age of Hollywood

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
supersensiblesupersensorysupersensuous
Also see
supersensiblesupersensorysupersensuoussuprasensiblesuprasensual

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishsensual
  8. Englishsupersensual

From super- + sensual.

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Cite this entry
APA

supersensual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersensual

MLA

“supersensual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersensual. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supersensual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supersensual.

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