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superindividual

superindividual adjective: above or beyond the individual.

Adjective

superindividual (comparative more superindividual, superlative most superindividual)

  1. Above or beyond the individual.
    • The collective consciousness is, thus, superindividual. It resides, of course, in the individuals composing the group — there is nowhere else for it to exist — but it resides in all of them...1912, Francis Macdonald Cornford, From religion to philosophy: a study in the origins of western speculation

Forms of superindividual

comparativemore superindividual
superlativemost superindividual

Origin of superindividual

From super- + individual.

Questions about superindividual

What does superindividual mean?
Superindividual means above or beyond the individual.
What part of speech is superindividual?
Superindividual is an adjective.

Words near superindividual in the dictionary

  1. superincumbent
  2. superincumbently
  3. superindex
  4. superindexes
  5. superindices
  6. superindividual
  7. superindividualism
  8. superindividualist
  9. superindividualistic
  10. superindividualists
  11. superinduce

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