superfiniteadj.
/ˈsuːpəˌfʌɪnʌɪt/, /ˈsjuːpəˌfʌɪnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌfaɪˌnaɪt/ That transcends or goes beyond the finite; infinite.
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a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 433 The reason is super-finite.
1878 F. M. Müller Lect. Origin & Growth Relig. v. 222 They could not see behind what they could see, of something supernatural behind the natural, of something super-finite or infinite behind or within the finite.
1915 Mind 24 106 He [sc. Man] has a non-recurrent history which incarnates the ‘ought’, and so is a revelation of values. He is thus seen to have a superfinite (überendliches) nature.
1994 R. J. Betanzos tr. H. Heimsoeth Six Great Themes Western Metaphysics ii. 87 The idea suggests itself that here we see something superfinite in power, in other words an infinite something of a higher sort and order.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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