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transsensual

transsensual adjective: inaccessible to normal, bodily modes of perception.

Adjective (1)

transsensual (not comparable)

  1. Inaccessible to normal, bodily modes of perception.
    • The disputants speak as if they are concerned with a matter of scientific fact, or of trans-sensual, trans-scientific and metaphysical fact, but still of fact and still a matter about which reasons for and against may be offered, […]1945 June, J. Wisdom, “Gods”, in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, volume 45, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 192
    • The smoke swirled and thickened and mixed with the noise until I felt enclosed in a kind of transsensual element of which my own soul was but an inlet.1983, Robert B. Parker, Love and Glory, 1st edition, →ISBN, page 13

Adjective (2)

transsensual (comparative more transsensual, superlative most transsensual)

  1. (rare) Related to (sexual) attraction to trans people.
    • TV/TS/SO - Carolina Transsensual Alliance: […] Open to all regardless of sexual orientation. No gay men unless CD. […] SOs welcome.[1993 Winter, “Directory of Organizations & Services”, in Vivian D. Allen, editor, TV-TS Tapestry Journal, volume 66, →ISSN, page 89
    • Jack was able to come to a sense of peace within himself as he and Dawn worked out an intimate and domestic life together. For others, the awareness of transsensual attraction comes long after the partnership is formed.2004, Arlene Istar Lev, Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families, published 2007, →ISBN, page 310
    Synonyms:
    transamorous, transoriented, transfan

Synonyms of transsensual

Forms of transsensual

alternative formtrans-sensual
comparativemore transsensual
superlativemost transsensual

Origin of transsensual

From trans- + sensual.

Probably a blend of transsexual + sensual, transgender + sensual, or similar.

Questions about transsensual

What does transsensual mean?
Transsensual means inaccessible to normal, bodily modes of perception.
What part of speech is transsensual?
Transsensual is an adjective.

Words near transsensual in the dictionary

  1. transsections
  2. transsectoral
  3. transsegmental
  4. transsellar
  5. transsemiotic
  6. transsensual
  7. transseptal
  8. transseptally
  9. transseries
  10. transsex
  11. transsexed

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