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Transcendental

see synonyms of transcendental

Adjective

1. nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental

existing outside of or not in accordance with nature

Example Sentences:
'find transcendental motives for sublunary action'

2. transcendental

of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transcendental

see synonyms of transcendental
adjective
1. 
transcendent, superior, or surpassing
2. (in the philosophy of Kant)
a. 
(of a judgment or logical deduction) being both synthetic and a priori
b. 
of or relating to knowledge of the presuppositions of thought
3. philosophy
beyond our experience of phenomena, although not beyond potential knowledge
4. theology
surpassing the natural plane of reality or knowledge; supernatural or mystical

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Transcendental

see synonyms of transcendental
adjective
1. 
a. 
transcendent (sense 1)
b. 
supernatural
2. 
abstract; metaphysical
3. 
of or having to do with transcendentalism
4. 
in Kantian philosophy, based on those elements of experience which derive not from sense data but from the inherent organizing functions of the mind, and which are the necessary conditions of human knowledge; transcending sense experience but not knowledge
5.  Ancient Mathematics
a. 
not capable of being a root of any algebraic equation with rational coefficients
b. 
of, pertaining to, or being a function, as a logarithm, trigonometric function, exponential, etc., that is not expressible algebraically in terms of the variables and constants
see also algebraic (sense 2)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Transcendental

see synonyms of transcendental
adj.
1. Philosophy
a. Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge as independent of experience.
b. Asserting a fundamental irrationality or supernatural element in experience.
2. Surpassing all others; superior.
3. Beyond common thought or experience; mystical or supernatural.
4. Mathematics Of or relating to a real or complex number that is not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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