transsensual meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

transsensual

adj

Etymology From trans- + sensual.

Inaccessible to normal, bodily modes of perception.

The disputants speak as if they are concerned with a matter of scientific fact, or of trans-sensual, trans-scientific and metaphysical fact, but still of fact and still a matter about which reasons for and against may be offered, […]1945 June, J. Wisdom, “Gods”, in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, volume 45, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 192:
The smoke swirled and thickened and mixed with the noise until I felt enclosed in a kind of transsensual element of which my own soul was but an inlet.1983, Robert B. Parker, Love and Glory, 1st edition, →ISBN, page 13:

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[Henry David] Thoreau wanted to experience the intensity and reality of the sensual world, and to penetrate, if possible, to a transsensual reality […]2019, Clarence A. Crawford, “The Quality of the Light”, in Sunlight North, →ISBN, →LCCN, unnumbered page:

adj

Etymology Probably a blend of transsexual + sensual, transgender + sensual, or similar.

Rare Related to (sexual) attraction to trans people.

TV/TS/SO - Carolina Transsensual Alliance: […] Open to all regardless of sexual orientation. No gay men unless CD. […] SOs welcome.[1993 Winter, “Directory of Organizations & Services”, in Vivian D. Allen, editor, TV-TS Tapestry Journal, volume 66, →ISSN, page 89:
Jack was able to come to a sense of peace within himself as he and Dawn worked out an intimate and domestic life together. For others, the awareness of transsensual attraction comes long after the partnership is formed.2004, Arlene Istar Lev, Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families, published 2007, →ISBN, page 310:

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The dealer Rasmussen, who has previously rejected Gerda [Wegener]’s work, says of the paintings inspired by Lili [Elbe]: ‘These are different, I don’t know, there may be a market’.²⁷ ²⁷ From his tone it may be a transsensual niche market that Rasmussen has in mind.2016, Nicholas Chare, “Landscape into Portrait: Reflections on Lili Elbe and Trans* Aesthetics”, in Parallax, volume 22, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 351, 362: