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TRANSCENDENTAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature

Example:

find transcendental motives for sublunary action

Synonyms:

nonnatural; otherworldly; preternatural; transcendental

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

supernatural (not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

transcendentalism (any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material)

Derivation:

transcendentalism (any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material)

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