supermundane

adjective

su·​per·​mundane

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: transcending the earthly : divine, celestial, supernatural

supermundane idealism

—A. L. Locke

some supermundane urge … for liberty, for happiness, for truth

—Biosophical Review

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin supermundanus, from Latin super- + mundus world + -anus -an

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