Transcendent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
  2. superior or supreme.
  3. (of the Deity) transcending the universe, time, etc.
  4. Philosophy.
    • above all possible modes of the infinite.
    • transcending experience; not realizable in human experience.
    • (in modern realism) referred to, but beyond, direct apprehension; outside consciousness.
noun Mathematics.
  1. a transcendental function.
adjective
  1. exceeding or surpassing in degree or excellence
    • (in the philosophy of Kant) beyond or before experience; a priori
    • (of a concept) falling outside a given set of categories
    • beyond consciousness or direct apprehension
  3. (of God) having continuous existence outside the created world
  4. free from the limitations inherent in matter
noun
  1. a transcendent thing
Transcendent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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