transcendent

tran·scen·dent  (trn-sndnt)

adj.

1. Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme.

2. Lying beyond the ordinary range of perception: "fails to achieve a transcendent significance in suffering and squalor" (National Review).

3. Philosophy

a. Transcending the Aristotelian categories.

b. In Kant's theory of knowledge, being beyond the limits of experience and hence unknowable.

4. Being above and independent of the material universe. Used of the Deity.

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tran·scendence, tran·scenden·cy n.

tran·scendent·ly adv.

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transcendent [trænˈsɛndənt]

adj

1. exceeding or surpassing in degree or excellence

2. (Philosophy)

a.  (in the philosophy of Kant) beyond or before experience; a priori

b.  (of a concept) falling outside a given set of categories

c.  beyond consciousness or direct apprehension

3. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Theol (of God) having continuous existence outside the created world

4. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) free from the limitations inherent in matter

n

(Philosophy) Philosophy a transcendent thing

transcendence  n

transcendency  n

transcendently  adv

transcendentness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	transcendent - exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence surpassing superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
	2.	transcendent - beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding; "the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought" unknowable - not knowable; "the unknowable mysteries of life"

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transcendent

adjective unparalleled, unique, extraordinary, superior, exceeding, sublime, consummate, unrivalled, second to none, pre-eminent, transcendental, incomparable, peerless, unequalled, matchless the idea of a transcendent God who stood apart from mankind

Translations

transcendent [trænˈsendənt] ADJ

1. (= outstanding) → sobresaliente

2. (Philos) → transcendente

transcendent [trænˈsɛndənt] adj → transcendant(e)
transcendental meditation [ˈtrænsɛnˌdənt^əlmɛdɪˈteɪʃ^ən] n → méditation f transcendantale

transcendent

adj (Philos) → transzendent; (= supreme) → hervorragend, alles übersteigend, überragend

transcendent [trænˈsɛndənt] adj (frm) → trascendente

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transcendent [trænˈsɛndənt] adj (frm) → trascendente