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hypercosmic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Extraordinarily cosmic; that which truly transcends the very cosmos; supercosmic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

Examples

  • 4th c., Sallustius, On the Gods and the World, translated by Gilbert Murray in Five Stages of Greek Religion (1925), pages 3-4 (Chapter VI. On Gods Cosmic and Hypercosmic)http://www.platonic-philosophy.org/files/Sallustius%20-%20On%20the%20Gods%20(Murray).pdf Of the Gods some are of the world, cosmic, and some above the world, hypercosmic. By the cosmic I mean those who make the cosmos. Of the hypercosmic Gods some create essence, some mind, and some soul. Thus they have three orders; all of which may be found in treatises on the subject.

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History

Etymology

From hyper- + cosmic.