transcendentalism
transcendental character, thought, or language.
Also called transcendental philosophy. any philosophy based upon the doctrine that the principles of reality are to be discovered by the study of the processes of thought, or a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical: in the U.S., associated with Emerson.
Origin of transcendentalism
1Other words from transcendentalism
- tran·scen·den·tal·ist, noun, adjective
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How to use transcendentalism in a sentence
That was sadly even true for Margaret Fuller, one of the leading lights of transcendentalism.
Why Do Women Love Bad Men? A New Life of Margaret Fuller | Susan Cheever | March 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTYour religion does not make it—its ethics are too weak, its theories too unsound, its transcendentalism is too thin.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordThe vagueness of transcendentalism is united with the materialism of nature worship, and the resulting equation is pessimism.
The War Upon Religion | Rev. Francis A. CunninghamHere we have the root of the errors which are distinctive of dualism and the prevailing metaphysical transcendentalism.
The Wonders of Life | Ernst Haeckeltranscendentalism, too, had just passed the noon meridian of its splendor.
John Greenleaf Whittier | W. Sloane Kennedy
The chief fountains of this tradition were Calvinism and transcendentalism.
Winds Of Doctrine | George Santayana
British Dictionary definitions for transcendentalism
/ (ˌtrænsɛnˈdɛntəˌlɪzəm) /
any system of philosophy, esp that of Kant, holding that the key to knowledge of the nature of reality lies in the critical examination of the processes of reason on which depends the nature of experience
any system of philosophy, esp that of Emerson, that emphasizes intuition as a means to knowledge or the importance of the search for the divine
vague philosophical speculation
the state of being transcendental
something, such as thought or language, that is transcendental
Derived forms of transcendentalism
- transcendentalist, noun, adjective
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Cultural definitions for transcendentalism
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