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transcendent
[ tran-sen-duhnt ]
/ trĂŠnËsÉn dÉnt /
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adjective
going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
superior or supreme.
Philosophy.
- Scholasticism. above all possible modes of the infinite.
- Kantianism. transcending experience; not realizable in human experience.Compare transcendental (defs. 5a, c).
- (in modern realism) referred to, but beyond, direct apprehension; outside consciousness.
noun Mathematics.
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transcendent
/ (trĂŠnËsÉndÉnt) /
adjective
exceeding or surpassing in degree or excellence
- (in the philosophy of Kant) beyond or before experience; a priori
- (of a concept) falling outside a given set of categories
- beyond consciousness or direct apprehension
theol (of God) having continuous existence outside the created world
free from the limitations inherent in matter
noun
philosophy a transcendent thing
Derived forms of transcendent
transcendence or transcendency, nountranscendently, adverbtranscendentness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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