单词 | self-transcending |
释义 | self-transcendingadj. Characterized by or enabling self-transcendence; transcending or surpassing the perceived limitations of the self. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [adjective] > surpassing oneself or one's limitations self-transcending1828 self-transcendent1868 1828 J. Wilson et al. Noctes Ambrosianae xxxix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 670 The self-transcending energy of one, whose fate cries out. 1875 E. Dowden Shakespere: his Mind & Art 415 Her clear and calm solitude of self-transcending duty. 1904 W. James in Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 1 538 Common-sense theories left the gap untouched, declaring our mind able to clear it by a self-transcending leap. 1975 P. Baelz Forgotten Dream ii. 25 Man also has the ability to distance himself from what is immediately presented to him as himself... He is self-transcending. 2003 G. Feuerstein Deeper Dimension of Yoga 355 If prayer is engaged as a deeply self-transcending, self-transformative practice, it becomes a spiritual discipline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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