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TRANSCENDENTAL
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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:
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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