transcendental
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/ˌtɹænsɛnˈdɛntəl/
English
Definitions
noun
- A transcendentalist.
- (Platonism, Christian theology, usually in the plural) Any one of the three transcendental properties of being: truth, beauty or goodness, which respectively are the ideals of science, art and religion and the principal subjects of the study of logic, aesthetics and ethics.
adjective
- Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
- Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
- Mystical or supernatural.
- (of a number or an element of an extension field) Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
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Synonyms
preternaturalsupernaturalotherworldlynonnaturaltranscendentepochalmeaningfulsignificantmomentousground-breakinggroundbreakingcrucialwide-rangingparamountfar-reachingconsequential
Antonyms
Associated
apperceptiontudemaharishimeditationidealismphenomenologyschematatranscendencekantyogipriorialgebraic