self-transcendence

American  

[self-tran-send-uhns] / ˈsɛlf trænˈsɛnd əns /

noun

1. the act or capacity to transcend one's current abilities, level of consciousness, understanding, etc.

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Example Sentences

Nevertheless, treatments that promote greater self-transcendence and mindfulness have also been shown to contribute to improvements in all aspects of health, including physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2024

Escape no longer happens through self-transcendence; instead, it’s by seaplanes and speedboats.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022

This informational lens is the crux of transhumanism—its scientific convictions and confidence in prospects for humanity’s technological self-transcendence into posthumanity.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2022

Whether these things are at all fascinating or “cool” is, perhaps, a matter of taste – dependent on one’s tolerance for kaleidoscopic tapestries, all-night dance parties, woolly talk about self-transcendence, and freeform electric guitar jamming.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2020

Shall we call this knowledge of something not ourselves "self-transcendence"?

From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart