Transcendental
[,trænsen'dent(ə)l;,trɑːn-] or ['trænsɛn'dɛntl]
Definition
(adj.) of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material .
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Definition
(n.) A transcendentalist.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Metaphysical, A PRIORI, transcending experience.[2]. Obscure, dark, vague, indefinite, incomprehensible, mysterious, mystic, mystical, recondite, abstruse, high, cabalistic.
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Examples
- Well, you are always heroic and transcendental, said Mr. Shelby, but I think you had better think before you undertake such a piece of Quixotism. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- A remote goal of complete unfoldedness is, in technical philosophic language, transcendental. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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