tran·scen·den·tal (tr n s n-dn tl)adj. 1. Philosophy a. Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge as independent of experience. b. Asserting a fundamental irrationality or supernatural element in experience. 2. Surpassing all others; superior. 3. Beyond common thought or experience; mystical or supernatural. 4. Mathematics Of or relating to a real or complex number that is not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients. tran scen·dental·ly adv. |
transcendental [ˌtrænsɛnˈdɛntəl]
adj
1. transcendent, superior, or surpassing
2. (Philosophy) (in the philosophy of Kant)
a. (of a judgment or logical deduction) being both synthetic and a priori
b. of or relating to knowledge of the presuppositions of thought
3. (Philosophy) Philosophy beyond our experience of phenomena, although not beyond potential knowledge
4. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Theol surpassing the natural plane of reality or knowledge; supernatural or mystical
transcendentality n
transcendentally adv
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. |  transcendental - existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxleysupernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings" |
| 2. |  transcendental - of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material |
Translations
transcendental [ˌtrænsenˈdentl]
A. ADJ (Philos) → trascendental
B. CPD transcendental meditation N → meditación f trascendental
transcendental
adj → überirdisch; (Philos) → transzendental; vision → transzendierend; transcendental meditation → transzendentale Meditation; transcendental number (Math) → transzendente Zahl, Transzendente f
transcendental [ˌtrænsɛnˈdɛntl] adj (frm) → trascendentale
transcendental [ˌtrænsɛnˈdɛntl] adj (frm) → trascendentale
transcendental [ˌtrænsɛnˈdɛntl] adj (frm) → trascendentale
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