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

And they found this could even happen with indoor plants, which they found increased feelings of humanization of others and self-transcendence.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

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

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

Yet for such a combative rationalist, he remains incongruously keen on what the besandalled used to call self-transcendence.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2019

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

From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart