supersensory

adjective

Definition of supersensorynext
as in psychical

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  1. extrasensory
  2. mystical
  3. psychic
  4. spiritual
  5. divine
  6. celestial
Adjective
  • From the above example, friend one and two demonstrate a relatively standard range of sensitivity, while friend three and four exhibit more extreme extrasensory abilities.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 2 July 2018
  • Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner’s extrasensory musical comes back to us courtesy of the Irish Repertory Theater.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 21 June 2018
Definition of extrasensory
Adjective
  • Set in 1973, the film tells the story of a couple of musicians who accidentally record a mystical sound never before heard by human ears.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Sandman follows Morpheus, lord of a mystical realm known as The Dreaming, who is the keeper of all of humanity’s dreams (and nightmares).
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of mystical
Adjective
  • Much of the new Nosferatu’s unsettling strangeness is crystallized in the pair’s unusual psychic connection.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2024
  • With her latent psychic abilities unlocked and Okarun’s garish feral form, the duo kicks some alien ass and escape.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of psychic
Adjective
  • Or at the very least, take some cues from Kwanzaa, invented in 1966, which established a tradition of giving modest, meaningful gifts to children, separate from (i.e. after) Christmas, with no Santa myth, and with some cultural or spiritual significance.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • As the two compete to disprove the existence of the other’s passion, they get caught up in an encounter of both the spiritual and paranormal, imbuing both teenagers with powers beyond belief.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of spiritual
Adjective
  • Which at the very least will hopefully cause people to rethink the market prices that economists rely on to allegedly divine whether or not there’s inflation.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Central to the celebration is the miracle of the oil: a single day's supply that burned for eight days, symbolizing resilience and divine intervention.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of divine
Adjective
  • Rubin, set against a backdrop of celestial objects, gazes to the sky.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
  • These celestial objects orbit the sun between Jupiter and Neptune and have the characteristics of both asteroids and comets.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of celestial
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