TRANSCENDENT


Meaning of TRANSCENDENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -dənt ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin transcendent-, transcendens, present participle of transcendere

Date: 15th century

1.

a. : exceeding usual limits : surpassing

b. : extending or lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience

c. in Kantian philosophy : being beyond the limits of all possible experience and knowledge

2. : being beyond comprehension

3. : transcending the universe or material existence — compare immanent 2

4. : universally applicable or significant

the antislavery movement…recognized the transcendent importance of liberty — L. H. Tribe

• tran·scen·dent·ly adverb

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