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su·per·sen·si·ble

 (so͞o′pər-sĕn′sə-bəl)
adj.
Beyond or above perception by the senses.
su′per·sen′si·bly adv.
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supersensible

(ˌsuːpəˈsɛnsɪbəl) or

supersensory

adj
imperceptible to or beyond reach of the senses
ˌsuperˈsensibly adv
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su•per•sen•si•ble

(ˌsu pərˈsɛn sə bəl)

adj.
being above or beyond perception by the senses.
[1790–1800]
su`per•sen′si•bly, adv.
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supersensible

adjective
Of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world:
extramundane, extrasensory, metaphysical, miraculous, preternatural, superhuman, supernatural, superphysical, transcendental, unearthly.
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Schindler, explains that in "the concrete, brimming Gestalt, a visible manifestation of nonappearing depths [is found], in which the particular and the universal, the sensible and the supersensible, the outward and the inward, the historical and the transcendent are all bound together at once." (44) The form itself is a whole, and is one that is always already transcending itself and standing in relation to other wholes and the whole of reality as such.
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