n.
Pronunciation: -t ə - ˌ li-z ə m
Function: noun
Date: 1803
1 : a philosophy that emphasizes the a priori conditions of knowledge and experience or the unknowable character of ultimate reality or that emphasizes the transcendent as the fundamental reality
2 : a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental over the material and empirical
3 : the quality or state of being transcendental especially : visionary idealism
– tran · scen · den · tal · ist \ -t ə -list \ adjective or noun