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transcendent

Syllabification: (tran·scend·ent)
Pronunciation: /tranˈsendənt/
Definition of transcendent

adjective

  • beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience:the search for a transcendent level of knowledge
  • surpassing the ordinary; exceptional:the conductor was described as a “transcendent genius.”
  • (of God) existing apart from and not subject to the limitations of the material universe. Often contrasted with immanent.
  • (in scholastic philosophy) higher than or not included in any of Aristotle’s ten categories.
  • (in Kantian philosophy) not realizable in experience.

Derivatives

transcendently

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin transcendent- 'climbing over', from the verb transcendere (see transcend)

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