transcendent

transcendent

surpassing all others; pre-eminent: Her beauty was transcendent.
Not to be confused with:transcendental – mystical; knowledge derived from intuitive sources: It was a transcendental experience.

tran·scen·dent

T0314500 (trăn-sĕn′dənt)adj.1. Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme.2. Lying beyond the ordinary range of perception: "fails to achieve a transcendent significance in suffering and squalor" (National Review).3. Philosophy a. Transcending the Aristotelian categories.b. In Kant's theory of knowledge, being beyond the limits of experience and hence unknowable.4. Being above and independent of the material universe. Used of the Deity.

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tran·scen′dence, tran·scen′den·cy n.tran·scen′dent·ly adv.

transcendent

(trænˈsɛndənt) adj1. exceeding or surpassing in degree or excellence2. (Philosophy) a. (in the philosophy of Kant) beyond or before experience; a priorib. (of a concept) falling outside a given set of categoriesc. beyond consciousness or direct apprehension3. (Theology) theol (of God) having continuous existence outside the created world. Compare immanent²4. (Theology) free from the limitations inherent in mattern (Philosophy) philosophy a transcendent thing tranˈscendence, tranˈscendency n tranˈscendently adv tranˈscendentness n

tran•scend•ent

(trænˈsɛn dənt)

adj. 1. going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding. 2. superior or supreme. 3. (of the Deity) transcending the universe, time, etc. Compare immanent (def. 2). 4. a. (in Kantian philosophy) transcending experience; not realizable in human experience. b. (in modern realism) referred to, but beyond, direct apprehension; outside consciousness. [1575–85; < Latin trānscendent-, s. of trānscendēns, present participle of trānscendere. See transcend, -ent] tran•scend′ent•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	transcendent - exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellencesurpassingsuperior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
	2.	transcendent - beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding; "the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought"unknowable - not knowable; "the unknowable mysteries of life"

transcendent

adjective unparalleled, unique, extraordinary, superior, exceeding, sublime, consummate, unrivalled, second to none, pre-eminent, transcendental, incomparable, peerless, unequalled, matchless the idea of a transcendent God who stood apart from mankind

transcendent

adjective1. Of the greatest possible degree, quality, or intensity:extreme, supreme, ultimate, unsurpassable, utmost, uttermost.2. Existing only in concept and not in reality:abstract, hypothetic, hypothetical, ideal, theoretic, theoretical, transcendental.

Translations

transcendente