Found 2 items, similar to transcendent.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: transcendent
transcendent
adj 1: beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or
understanding;
“philosophers...often explicitly reject
the notion of any transcendent reality beyond
thought...and claim to be concerned only with thought
itself...”- W.P.Alston;
“the unknowable mysteries of
lifer” [syn:
unknowable]
2: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in
excellence [syn:
surpassing]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Transcendent
Transcendent
\Tran*scend"ent\, a. [L. transcendens, -entis, p.
pr. of transcendere to transcend: cf. F. transcendant, G.
transcendent.]
1. Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence;
surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent
valor.
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Clothed with transcendent brightness. --Milton.
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2. (Kantian Philos.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the
limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and
speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the
human intellect.
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Transcendent
\Tran*scend"ent\, n.
That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very
excellent.
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