transsensual
English
Etymology 1
trans- + sensual
Adjective
transsensual (not comparable)
- Inaccessible to normal, bodily modes of perception.
- 1945 June, J. Wisdom, “Gods”, in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, volume 45, number 1, DOI:, ISSN 0066-7374, page 192:
- 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, […]
- 1983, Robert B. Parker, Love and Glory, first edition, →ISBN, page 13:
- 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.
- 2019, Clarence A. Crawford, “The Quality of the Light”, in Sunlight North, →ISBN, LCCN 2019910739, page unnumbered:
- [Henry David] Thoreau wanted to experience the intensity and reality of the sensual world, and to penetrate, if possible, to a transsensual reality […]
Alternative forms
- trans-sensual
Etymology 2
Probably a blend of transsexual + sensual, transgender + sensual, or similar.
Adjective
transsensual (comparative more transsensual, superlative most transsensual)
- (rare) Related to (sexual) attraction to trans people.
- [1993 Winter, “Directory of Organizations & Services”, in Vivian D. Allen, editor, TV-TS Tapestry Journal, volume 66, ISSN 0884-9749, page 89:
- TV/TS/SO - Carolina Transsensual Alliance: […] Open to all regardless of sexual orientation. No gay men unless CD. […] SOs welcome.]
- 2004, Arlene Istar Lev, Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working with Gender-Variant People and Their Families, 2007 edition, →ISBN, page 310:
- 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.
- 2016, Nicholas Chare, “Landscape into Portrait: Reflections on Lili Elbe and Trans* Aesthetics”, in Parallax, volume 22, number 3, DOI:, ISSN 1460-700X, page 351, 362:
- 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.
Synonyms
- transamorous, transoriented, transfan