transcendental (adj.)

1660s, from Medieval Latin transcendentalis, from Latin transcendentem (see transcendent). Related: Transcendentally. Transcendental meditation attested by 1966.

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transcendent (adj.)

mid-15c., from Latin transcendentem (nominative transcendens) "surmounting, rising above," present participle of transcendere (see transcend). Related: Transcendently.

transcendentalism (n.)

1803, in reference to Kant, later to Schelling; 1842 in reference to the New England religio-philosophical movement among American followers of German writers; from transcendental + -ism.

transcendentalist (n.)

1803, from transcendental + -ist.

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Definitions of transcendental

transcendental (adj.)

existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley;

Synonyms: nonnatural / otherworldly / preternatural

transcendental (adj.)

of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material;

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