TRANSCENDENTALISM


Meaning of TRANSCENDENTALISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -tə-ˌli-zəm ]

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 -tə-list adjective or noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.