transcendentalize

[ tran-sen-den-tl-ahyz, -suhn- ]

verb (used with object),tran·scen·den·tal·ized, tran·scen·den·tal·iz·ing.
  1. to cause to become transcendent.

  2. to cause to become transcendental; idealize.

Origin of transcendentalize

1
First recorded in 1840–50; transcendental + -ize
  • Also especially British, tran·scen·den·tal·ise .

Other words from transcendentalize

  • tran·scen·den·tal·i·za·tion, noun

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