transcendental

[ tran-sen-den-tl, -suh n- ]

/ ˌtræn sɛnˈdɛn tl, -sən- /

adjective

transcendent, surpassing, or superior.

being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural.

abstract or metaphysical.

idealistic, lofty, or extravagant.

Philosophy.

beyond the contingent and accidental in human experience, but not beyond all human knowledge.Compare transcendent(def 4b).
pertaining to certain theories, etc., explaining what is objective as the contribution of the mind.
Kantianism. of, pertaining to, based upon, or concerned with a priori elements in experience, which condition human knowledge.Compare transcendent(def 4b).

noun

Mathematics. transcendental number.

transcendentals, Scholasticism. categories that have universal application, as being, one, true, good.

Nearby words

transceiver, transcellular fluid, transcend, transcendence, transcendent, transcendental, transcendental aesthetic, transcendental analytic, transcendental argument, transcendental dialectic, transcendental ego

Origin of transcendental

From the Medieval Latin word trānscendentālis, dating back to 1615–25. See transcendent, -al¹

Related formstran·scen·den·tal·i·ty, nountran·scen·den·tal·ly, adverbun·tran·scen·den·tal, adjectiveun·tran·scen·den·tal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for transcendentally

The old logic could not construct any valid rules of thought, because it thought too transcendentally of thinking itself.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy|Joseph Dietzgen
In the end, Death had grown to be something more than Death to him—it was, mysteriously and transcendentally, Love as well.
Books and Characters|Lytton Strachey
These beyond question must be transcendentally possessed by the Cause on which they depend.
The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer|John Gerard
He has acquired a stock of ideas true enough for his purposes, but not so transcendentally true as to interfere with his business.
Atlantic Classics, Second Series|Henry C. Merwin

I might have been keener, I dare say; but one of the transcendentally lovely things of youth is its perfect faith.
Hope Mills|Amanda M. Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for transcendentally

transcendental

/ (ˌtrænsɛnˈdɛntəl) /

adjective

transcendent, superior, or surpassing

(in the philosophy of Kant)

(of a judgment or logical deduction) being both synthetic and a priori
of or relating to knowledge of the presuppositions of thought

philosophy beyond our experience of phenomena, although not beyond potential knowledge

theol surpassing the natural plane of reality or knowledge; supernatural or mystical

Derived Formstranscendentality, nountranscendentally, adverb

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Word Origin and History for transcendentally

transcendental

adj.

1660s, from Medieval Latin transcendentalis, from Latin transcendentem (see transcendent). Transcendental meditation attested by 1966.

transcendental

adjective

noun

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transcendental

adjective

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