supraspectiveadj.
/ˌsuːprəˈspɛktɪv/, /ˌsjuːprəˈspɛktɪv/, U.S. /ˌsuprəˈspɛktɪv/ rare.
That surveys from above. Also in extended use.
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supraspective1864
1864 G. A. Sala in Temple Bar Mar. 483 Tranquilly supraspective of the bustle and clamour.
2007 G. T. Montague Understanding Bible ii. xiii. 204 In this understanding, which could be called ‘vertical’ (or ‘supraspective’), it is not so much the paschal mystery that sheds light on the exodus..as it is the exodus that participates mimetically in the paschal mystery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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