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transcendent

tran·scend·ent
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tran-sen-duh nt]
    • /trænˈsɛn dənt/
    • /trænˈsen.dənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tran-sen-duh nt]
    • /trænˈsɛn dənt/

Definitions of transcendent word

  • adjective transcendent going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding. 1
  • adjective transcendent superior or supreme. 1
  • adjective transcendent Theology. (of the Deity) transcending the universe, time, etc. Compare immanent (def 3). 1
  • adjective transcendent Philosophy. Scholasticism. above all possible modes of the infinite. Kantianism. transcending experience; not realizable in human experience. Compare transcendental (defs 5a, c). (in modern realism) referred to, but beyond, direct apprehension; outside consciousness. 1
  • noun transcendent a transcendental function. 1
  • adjective transcendent going beyond 1
See all 19 definitions of transcendent

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Origin of transcendent

First appearance:

before 1575
One of the 34% oldest English words
1575-85; < Latin trānscendent- (stem of trānscendēns), present participle of trānscendere. See transcend, -ent

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Parts of speech for Transcendent

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Transcendent

transcendent popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for transcendent

adj transcendent

  • a-1 — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
  • a1 — in good health; physically fit
  • abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
  • all-powerful — An all-powerful person or organization has the power to do anything they want.
  • deistic — a person who believes in deism.

adjective transcendent

  • astral — Astral means relating to the stars.
  • consummate — You use consummate to describe someone who is extremely skilful.
  • divine — of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
  • exceeding — Very great.
  • excellent — Used to indicate approval or pleasure.
All 36 Synonyms of transcendent

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Related words

  • immanent

    remaining within; indwelling; inherent.

  • pantheism

    the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.

  • school of law

    (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the existence of transcendent universals, which form individual objects from a primal matter otherwise formless.

  • shiva-shakti

    the Godhead, of which the masculine, passive, transcendent, eternal principle is Shiva, and the feminine, active, immanent, temporal principle is Shakti, the Divine Mother.

  • subjectivism

    Epistemology. the doctrine that all knowledge is limited to experiences by the self, and that transcendent knowledge is impossible.

  • transpersonal psychology

    a branch of psychology or psychotherapy that recognizes altered states of consciousness and transcendent experiences as a means to understand the human mind and treat psychological disordrs.
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