transcendence
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dəns noun
the quality or state of being transcendent.
Also, tran·scend·en·cy.
Related forms
self-tran·scend·ence, noun
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transcendent (trænˈsɛndənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | exceeding or surpassing in degree or excellence |
| 2. | a. (in the philosophy of Kant) beyond or before experience; a priori |
| b. (of a concept) falling outside a given set of categories | |
| c. beyond consciousness or direct apprehension | |
| 3. | theol (of God) having continuous existence outside the created world |
| 4. | free from the limitations inherent in matter |
| —n | |
| 5. | philosophy a transcendent thing |
| tran'scendence | |
| —n | |
| tran'scendency | |
| —n | |
| tran'scendently | |
| —adv | |
| tran'scendentness | |
| —n | |
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Transcendence
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But it also appears in the literature of transcendence.
He grumbles, invokes heroes, exorcises pain and reaches for transcendence.
And indeed it is: the gift of transcendence over troubled times, strife and anxiety.
It was the kind of dream people have in times of stress, full of light-filled rooms and a feeling of transcendence.
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