transcendental

transcendental: transcendent, transcendental

1. The word used in general contexts to mean ‘excelling, surpassing normal human experience’ is transcendent, which typically collocates with words for grand notions such as beauty, good, and truth. It is wasted in mundane and trivial contexts such as descriptions of sports events

• (Wales and South Africa derived almost equal pleasure from a transcendent test match —Express, 2004).

2. Transcendental has the basic meaning ‘outside experience’ and is used mainly in technical contexts: (1) in theology, to refer to God as being outside the universe, the opposite of immanent (see at imminent), (2) in philosophy to denote the teaching of the 19c American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, and (3) in the term transcendental meditation, a form of meditation derived from Hinduism.

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Transcendental — Tran scen*den tal, a. [Cf. F. transcendantal, G. transcendental.] 1. Supereminent; surpassing others; as, transcendental being or qualities. [1913 Webster] 2. (Philos.) In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Transcendental — can refer to:In mathematics: * Transcendental number, a class of irrational numbers * Transcendental function, a class of functionsIn philosophy and religion: * Transcendence (philosophy) * Transcendental idealism, a philosophical doctrine… … Wikipedia
transcendental — TRANSCENDENTÁL, Ă, transcendentali, e, adj. (În filozofia lui Kant) Care se referă la formele apriorice ale cunoaşterii, care premerge experienţei şi o condiţionează. ♦ Care este deasupra lumii reale. – Din fr. transcendantal, lat.… … Dicționar Român
transcendental — (adj.) 1660s, from M.L. transcendentalis, from L. transcendentem (see TRANSCENDENT (Cf. transcendent)). Transcendental meditation attested by 1966 … Etymology dictionary
Transcendental — Tran scen*den tal, n. A transcendentalist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transcendental — index mysterious, obscure (abstruse), paramount, recondite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
transcendental — adj. 2 g. 1. Transcendente. 2. [Filosofia] Relativo à razão pura, anteriormente a qualquer experiência … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
transcendental — transcendent, ideal, *abstract Analogous words: *supernatural, supranatural: categorical, *ultimate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
transcendental — adj. trascendental … Diccionario de la lengua española
transcendental — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to a spiritual realm. 2) relating to or denoting Transcendentalism. DERIVATIVES transcendentally adverb … English terms dictionary
transcendental — [tran΄sen dent′ l] adj. [ML transcendentalis] 1. a) TRANSCENDENT (sense 1) b) SUPERNATURAL 2. abstract; metaphysical 3. of or having to do with transcendentalism … English World dictionary

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