un transcendental
sɛnˈdɛn adjective
1.
transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
2.
being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural.
3.
abstract or metaphysical.
4.
idealistic, lofty, or extravagant.
5.
Philosophy.
a.
beyond the contingent and accidental in human experience, but not beyond all human knowledge. Compare transcendent ( def 4b ).
b.
pertaining to certain theories, etc., explaining what is objective as the contribution of the mind.
c.
Kantianism. of, pertaining to, based upon, or concerned with a priori elements in experience, which condition human knowledge. Compare transcendent ( def 4b ).
noun
6.
Mathematics, transcendental number.
7.
transcendentals, Scholasticism. categories that have universal application, as being, one, true, good.
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tran·scen·den·tal·i·ty, noun
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un·tran·scen·den·tal, adjective
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| —adj | |
| 1. | transcendent, superior, or surpassing |
| 2. | (in the philosophy of Kant) |
| a. (of a judgment or logical deduction) being both synthetic and a priori | |
| b. of or relating to knowledge of the presuppositions of thought | |
| 3. | philosophy beyond our experience of phenomena, although not beyond potential knowledge |
| 4. | theol surpassing the natural plane of reality or knowledge; supernatural or mystical |
| transcenden'tality | |
| —n | |
| transcen'dentally | |
| —adv | |
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