superphenomenal

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ phenomenal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /suːpəɹˈˌfəˈnɒmɪnənəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /suːpəɹˈˌfəˈnɑməˌnɑnəl/

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Adjective

superphenomenal (comparative more superphenomenal, superlative most superphenomenal)

1. (very rare) Superlatively phenomenal or quite remarkable.
   • 1913, Maurice Parmelee, The Science of Human Behavior, Biological and Psychological Foundations, Issues 1-7‎^[1], Macmillan, page 322:

     It is evident that both of these theories regard mind as being a distinct entity of a superphenomenal if not supernatural sort.

   • 1916, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism‎^[2], George G. Harrap, page 203:

     “The anti-attā argument of Buddhism is mainly andconsistently directed against the notion of a soul, which was not only a persistent, unchanging, blissful, transmigrating, superphenomenal being, but was also a beingwherein the supreme Ātman or world soul was immanent, one with it in essence, and as a bodily or mental factorissuing its fiat."

   • 1998 November 1, Harry Oldmeadow, “Metaphysics, Theology and Philosophy”, in www.themathesontrust.org‎^[3]:

     The Intellect receives intuitions and apprehends realities of a superphenomenal order. We remember Meister Eckhart's statement: "There is something in the soul which is uncreated and uncreatable...this is the Intellect".