transcendental

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

/ ˌtræn sɛnˈdɛn tl, -sən- /

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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.

Origin of transcendental

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

OTHER WORDS FROM transcendental

tran·scen·den·tal·i·ty, noun tran·scen·den·tal·ly, adverb un·tran·scen·den·tal, adjective un·tran·scen·den·tal·ly, adverb

Words nearby transcendental

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

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What else is a woman to wear during her transcendental meditation?

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And so he had that rational side to him, and then he had the transcendental side.

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Appearing in L.A. with Russell Brand, the heady director discussed how Transcendental Meditation changed his life.

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But the foundation for this kind of idealism we have already destroyed in the transcendental aesthetic.

The Critique of Pure Reason |Immanuel Kant
In his section on morphology Darwin shows clearly the influence of Owen, and through him of the transcendental anatomists.

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In the mind of Wells this process, has taken on an altogether mystical, transcendental significance, a religious aspect.

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Transcendental is primarily employed by Kant as a name for a certain kind of knowledge.

A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' |Norman Kemp Smith
But it was through the literature of Germany that the transcendental philosophy chiefly communicated itself.

Transcendentalism in New England |Octavius Brooks Frothingham

British Dictionary definitions for transcendental

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 forms of transcendental

transcendentality, noun transcendentally, adverb

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