单词 | super-rational |
释义 | super-rationaladj. That is above, or beyond the scope of, reason. Frequently in religious contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adjective] > in accordance with reason > beyond super-rational1647 pseudo-rational1880 transrational1892 1647 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme (title) The way to Christ discovered. By Iacob Behmen. In these treatises. 1. Of true repentance... 4. Of the super-rationall life [Ger. vom über-sinlichen Leben]. 1692 T. Cole Incomprehensibleness of Imputed Righteousness 14 Rational Disputes about things superrational, will sooner perplex the minds of men, than satisfy them. 1754 W. Law Spirit of Love ii. 142 A Religion, not grounded in the Power and Nature of Things, is unnatural, supernatural, or superrational. 1773 Multum in Parvo contra Parvum in Multo 44 Super-rational professors differ no less than mere rationalists. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 38 I should think it more correct to describe the mysteries of faith as plusquam rationalia than super-rational. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. x. 192 Reason took a superrational leap. 1936 L. Wirth & E. A. Shils tr. K. Mannheim Ideol. & Utopia iii. 108 A mode of thought is thus created which conceives of history as the reign of pre- and super-rational forces. 1992 E. Tonkin Narrating our Pasts (1995) iii. 58 The co-believer perceives deeper meanings which can be taken to demonstrate a super-rational Truth. Derivatives ˌsuper-ˈrationally adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [adverb] > beyond reason super-rationally1683 1683 E. Hooker in J. Pordage Theologia Mystica Pref. Epist. 66 The veri Spirit of the Mind is elevated, supersensualy and superrationaly sublimed. 1861 Yale Lit. Mag. Mar. 179 As in the mesmeric influence,..so under the power of harmony the soul sees, super-rationally. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 22 July (Mag.) 46 I ask, super-rationally, if we can do a deal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1647 |
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