Definition of numinousnext

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Recent Examples of numinous De Hooch’s 1663 painting delivers exactly as little drama and numinous transcendence as its title promises. — Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026 In an old-growth forest, the beauty of old trees intertwines with the bodies of those trying to save them, creating something numinous. — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 Though also suspended, Bo Bardi’s building generously offers a sheltering agora for all people on the street rather than a numinous temple for rarefied art audiences. — Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026 In this numinous world, visitors come by for death bed reckonings, and the CEO will have many scores to settle. — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for numinous
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Adjective
  • And yet liminality is the space where real healing and most of life happens—where, quietly and unexpectedly, the real work and magic unfold.
    — Stefanie Benjamin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The whole concept sounds pretty cool, but this device is not quite a magic box.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Two translations—of poems by the Indian mystic Mirabai and the contemporary Romanian poet Radu Vancu—seek to inhabit and transcend the history that holds up the present.
    — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Rumi is also the name of a very famous 13th-century Persian poet and mystic.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 24 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Oddly, a practical glitch led to one of the evening’s most magical moments.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Being is alien, mystical and magical, a migrant finding her way in a new world.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Numinous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numinous. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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