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Word of the Day 05/31/22 Transcendental

Transcendental (adjective, noun)
transcendental [ tran-sen-den-tl, -suhn- ]


adjective
1. transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
2. being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief; supernatural.
3. abstract or metaphysical.
4. idealistic, lofty, or extravagant.
5. Philosophy.
a. beyond the contingent and accidental in human experience, but not beyond all human knowledge. Compare transcendent (def. 4b).
b. pertaining to certain theories, etc., explaining what is objective as the contribution of the mind.
c. Kantianism. of, pertaining to, based upon, or concerned with a priori elements in experience, which condition human knowledge. Compare transcendent (def. 4b).

noun
6. Mathematics. transcendental number.
7. transcendentals, Scholasticism. categories that have universal application, as being, one, true, good.

OTHER WORDS FROM TRANSCENDENTAL
tran·scen·den·tal·i·ty, noun
tran·scen·den·tal·ly, adverb
un·tran·scen·den·tal, adjective
un·tran·scen·den·tal·ly, adverb

WORDS RELATED TO TRANSCENDENTAL
boundless, mystical, spiritual

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ORIGIN: From the Medieval Latin word trānscendentālis, dating back to 1615–25. See transcendent, -al

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