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hyperphysical

[ hahy-per-fiz-i-kuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

hyperphysical

/ ˌhaɪpəˈfɪzɪkəl /

First recorded in 1590–1600; hyper- + physical

Now physical science, as such, has nothing to do with the soul of man which is hyperphysical.

The Realism of the purposiveness of nature is also either physical or hyperphysical.

Hyperphysical, hī-per-fiz′ik-al, adj. beyond physical laws: supernatural.

Hyperphysical Animism may be easiest understood as having arisen with the belief in human ghosts.

And Kant adds that the wildest hypotheses, if only they are physical, are more tolerable than a hyperphysical one.

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