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transcendent
[tran-sen-duhnt]
adjective
going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
superior or supreme.
Theology.(of the Deity) transcending the universe, time, etc.
Philosophy.
Scholasticism.above all possible modes of the infinite.
Kantianism.transcending experience; not realizable in human experience.
(in modern realism) referred to, but beyond, direct apprehension; outside consciousness.
noun
transcendent
/ ٰæˈɛԻəԳ /
adjective
exceeding or surpassing in degree or excellence
(in the philosophy of Kant) beyond or before experience; a priori
(of a concept) falling outside a given set of categories
beyond consciousness or direct apprehension
theol (of God) having continuous existence outside the created world
free from the limitations inherent in matter
noun
philosophy a transcendent thing
Other Word Forms
- transcendently adverb
- transcendentness noun
- supertranscendent adjective
- supertranscendently adverb
- supertranscendentness noun
- untranscendent adjective
- ٰˈԻԳٲԱ noun
- ٰˈԻԳٱ adverb
- ٰˈԻԳ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of transcendent1
Example Sentences
It turns a plain egg sandwich into something practically transcendent.
This at a time when Korda has been a dominant and potentially transcendent force and Lydia Ko won Olympic gold and the AIG Women's Open.
His call for a “poor church” also put him at odds with those inside the Vatican who prized the church’s splendor and finery as symbols of its transcendent nature.
But then something miraculous happened, “Rose’s Turn,” the show’s shattering finale, and the path McDonald had been forging as Rose all along suddenly became transcendently clear.
We Americans often consider ourselves transcendent of such dark elements, triumphant over them and even innocent of them.
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