transcendence

[ tran-sen-duh ns ]
/ trænˈsɛn dəns /

noun

the quality or state of being transcendent.
Sometimes tran·scend·en·cy.

Origin of transcendence

From the Medieval Latin word trānscendentia, dating back to 1595–1605. See transcendent, -ence

OTHER WORDS FROM transcendence

self-tran·scend·ence, noun

Words nearby transcendence

transcaucasia, transcaucasian, transceiver, transcellular fluid, transcend, transcendence, transcendent, transcendental, transcendental aesthetic, transcendental analytic, transcendental argument

Example sentences from the Web for self-transcendence

  • There can be only feeling; and the least self-transcendence, even in memory, must be an illusion.

    Winds Of Doctrine |George Santayana