| 释义 |
superˈpersonal, a.
[super- 4 a.]
Transcending the limits of what is personal. Also absol. Hence ˈsuperperson, superˈpersonalism, ˌsuperpersoˈnality.
1860Emerson Cond. Life vi. (1861) 141 The nameless Thought, the nameless Power, the superpersonal Heart. 1899C. F. d'Arcy Idealism & Theology ii. 95 If the conception of personality is not adequate as a final description of Deity, then we must believe in God as ultimately superpersonal unity. 1924G. B. Shaw Saint Joan p. xvii, An appetite for evolution..[is] a super⁓personal need. 1926W. D. Lighthall Superpersonalism 26 We can proceed a stage further, and call it the Person of Evolution. But its vast and complex personality requires a differentiating term. May we not apply to it the term ‘Superperson’? and call its personality a ‘superpersonality’, its point of view the ‘superpersonal’, the system of its study, ‘Superpersonalism’? 1927J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation i. 52 Metamorphosed from a divine person into a super-person. 1939Auden in I Believe (1940) 20 But this does not warrant ascribing to a culture a super-personality, conscious of its parts as I can be conscious of my hand or liver. 1963Observer 31 Mar. 11/3 The God hypothesis asserts the existence of some kind of supernatural personal or superpersonal being. 1977Rolling Stone 21 Apr. 68/2 A chair is made by a person, so the world has to be made by a superperson. |