Transcendent

What do we mean by transcendent?

Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme. adjective

Lying beyond the ordinary range of perception. adjective

Transcending the Aristotelian categories. adjective

In Kant's theory of knowledge, being beyond the limits of experience and hence unknowable. adjective

Being above and independent of the material universe. Used of the Deity. adjective

Surpassing; excelling; superior or supreme; extraordinary: as, transcendent worth.

In scholastic philos., not included under one of the ten categories; higher than the categories.

In Kantian philosophy, transcending experience; unrealizable in experience; not an object of possible experience.

Transcending the universe of matter; not essentially connected with the universe; not cosmic: as, a transcendent deity.

SynonymsPreëminent, surpassing, supereminent, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, peerless.

That which surpasses or excels; anything greatly superior or supereminent. noun

In metaphysics: A reality above the categories or predicaments. noun

That which is altogether beyond the bounds of human cognition and thought. Compare I., 3. noun

In mathematics, a transcendental expression or function. noun

In mathematics, indefinable by any combination of a finite number of equations with rational integral coefficients.

That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very excellent. noun

Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others. adjective

Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect. adjective

Surpassing usual limits adjective

That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.

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