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Transcendent : adj
1: beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or
understanding; "philosophers...often explicitly reject
the notion of any transcendent reality beyond
thought...and claim to be concerned only with thought
itself..."- W.P.Alston; "the unknowable mysteries of
lifer" [syn: unknowable]
2: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in
excellence [syn: surpassing]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Transcendent : \Tran*scend"ent\, a. [L. transcendens, -entis, p.
pr. of transcendere to transcend: cf. F. transcendant, G.
transcendent.]
1. Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence;
surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent
valor.
Clothed with transcendent brightness. --Milton.
2. (Kantian Philos.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the
limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and
speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the
human intellect.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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