superconsciousnessn.
/ˌsuːpəˈkɒnʃəsnəs/, /ˌs(j)uːpəˈkɒnʃəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈkɑnʃəsnəs/ Originally Philosophy and Psychology.
The condition or fact of transcending normal or human consciousness. Also: an instance of this; a superconscious awareness, experience, or state.
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1860 J. S. Marsh Cathara Clyde xviii. 150 A sleep unbroken, deliciously dreamless. Yet, withal, there was a super-consciousness of enjoyment about it, that showed some faculty kept sentinel.
1898 Advance (Chicago) 27 Jan. 107/2 [Jesus] had now reached the state of mind known to Hindus as samahdo or super-consciousness, and there was no pain for him on the cross.
1940 Mind 49 130 The condition of ‘super-consciousness’ which most Indian philosophers and mystics agree to be attainable in this life.
1994 M. D. Newton Journey of Souls (1996) xi. 172 Rapidly I took her into superconsciousness, anticipating some interesting spiritual disclosures.
2008 T. Moore & A. Bergman Acting the Song 289 A superconsciousness of everyone and everything in the building... like an extra, heightened sensitivity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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