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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. Compare immanent ( def 3 ).
- Philosophy.
- Scholasticism. above all possible modes of the infinite.
- Kantianism. transcending experience; not realizable in human experience. Compare transcendental ( defs 5a, 5c ).
- (in modern realism) referred to, but beyond, direct apprehension; outside consciousness.
noun
transcendent
/ trænˈsɛndənt /
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
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Derived Forms
- tranˈscendence, noun
- tranˈscendently, adverb
- tranˈscendentness, noun
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Other Words From
- tran·scendent·ly adverb
- tran·scendent·ness noun
- super·tran·scendent adjective
- super·tran·scendent·ly adverb
- super·tran·scendent·ness noun
- untran·scendent adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transcendent1
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Example Sentences
A Europe which is no longer open to the transcendent dimension of life is a Europe which risks slowly losing its own soul.
We should play the role and realize that we are transcendent of it, and playing into it.
But on a deeper, more transcendent level, Grenier is indeed on intimate terms with all these figures and their writing.
While he was in a coma for seven days, his consciousness entered a series of transcendent realms.
Scientists believe this is the basis of transcendent states of consciousness.
They admit that a Feejee cannibal has just the same "mighty and transcendent soul" that they themselves have.
Some minds are incapable of any activity; others have acquired transcendent faculties.
His very simplicity of style is a proof of his transcendent art, even as it is the evidence of his severity of taste.
His services to the state were transcendent, but his supremest mission was to preserve the Hebrew nation.
Looking upon us, they are blind or of transcendent vision, as you will: the same in issue––so what matter?
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