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tran·scen·den·tal·ism \-əlˌizəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: transcendental (I) + -ism 1. a. (1) : a philosophic tendency or doctrine of Kantianism emphasizing a priori conditions of knowledge and experience or the unknowable character of ultimate reality (2) : a doctrine of post-Kantian idealism that emphasizes what transcends sense experience as being fundamental in reality b. : a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and the intuitive over the material and the empirical; especially : the 19th century New England movement stressing the presence of the divine within man as a source of truth and a guide to action 2. : the quality or state of being transcendental; especially : visionary idealism of character or thought |