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superphenomenal

UK/suːpəɹˌfəˈnɒmɪnənəl//suːpəɹˌfəˈnɑməˌnɑnəl/

superphenomenal adjective: superlatively phenomenal or quite remarkable.

Adjective

superphenomenal (comparative more superphenomenal, superlative most superphenomenal)

  1. (rare) Superlatively phenomenal or quite remarkable.
    • It is evident that both of these theories regard mind as being a distinct entity of a superphenomenal if not supernatural sort.1913, Maurice Parmelee, The Science of Human Behavior, Biological and Psychological Foundations, Issues 1-7, Macmillan, page 322
    • “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...1916, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Buddha and the Gospel of Buddhism, George G. Harrap, page 203

Forms of superphenomenal

comparativemore superphenomenal
superlativemost superphenomenal

Origin of superphenomenal

From super- + phenomenal.

Words formed from superphenomenal

Questions about superphenomenal

What does superphenomenal mean?
Superphenomenal means superlatively phenomenal or quite remarkable.
What part of speech is superphenomenal?
Superphenomenal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce superphenomenal?
Superphenomenal is pronounced /suːpəɹˌfəˈnɒmɪnənəl/ (UK).

Words near superphenomenal in the dictionary

  1. superphane
  2. superphanes
  3. superphenalene
  4. superphenalenes
  5. superphenomena
  6. superphenomenal
  7. superphenomenalities
  8. superphenomenality
  9. superphenomenally
  10. superphenomenon
  11. superphone

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