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.

Other Words From

• transcen·dental·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of transcendentalize¹

First recorded in 1840–50; transcendental + -ize