hyperphysicaladj.
/hʌɪpəˈfɪzɪkəl/ Above or beyond what is physical; supernatural.
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the world > the supernatural > [adjective]
supernatural?a1425
transnatural1569
metaphysical1590
hyperphysical1600
superphysicala1603
metaphysica1631
ineffectible1659
preternatural1696
supranatural1740
transcendental1826
transmundane1859
transmaterial1903
1600 Wisdome Doctor Dodypoll ii. sig. D2 Two sorts of dreams, One sort whereof are onely phisicall,..The other Hiper-phisicall.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xiv. 358 We don't introduce Hyperphysical Causes to defeat Natural, but only unite them, and make them agree.
1820 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 332 Speculations hyperphysical and antiphysical.
1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. iii. §4 The existence of God, the soul, and other hyperphysical objects.
Derivatives
hyperˈphysically adv. in a hyperphysical manner.
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the world > the supernatural > [adverb]
supernaturally?1495
metaphysically1580
ineffectibly1657
hyperphysically1842
1842 Sir W. Hamilton in Reid's Wks. I. 210 (note) Both the organic motions in the brain..and the representations in the mind itself, hyperphysically determined on occasion of those motions.
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