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TRANSCENDENTALISM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

Synonyms:

transcendental philosophy; transcendentalism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("transcendentalism" is a kind of...):

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Derivation:

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

transcendentalist (advocate of transcendentalism)

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