transcendental in English dictionary

  • transcendental

    Meanings and definitions of "transcendental"

    • (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
    • Superior, surpassing all others.
    • Extraordinary.
    • Mystical or supernatural.
    • (mathematics) Of, or relating to a number that is not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients.
    • adjective
      (philosophy)
      Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
    • adjective
      Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary.
    • adjective
      Mystical or supernatural.
    • adjective
      (mathematics, number theory)
      Of, or relating to a number that is not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A transcendentalist.
    • independent of experience
    • supernatural
    • in mathematics
    • adjective
      existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley
    • adjective
      of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
    • noun
      (usually used in the plural) the properties of being, which is typically said to be One, Good and True (unum, bonum, verum).
      St. Thomas Aquinas posited five transcendentals: res, unum, aliquid, bonum, verum; or "thing", "one", "something", "good", and "true".

    Synonyms of "transcendental" in English dictionary

    nonnatural, supernatural, philosophy are the top synonyms of "transcendental" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of transcendental

    • transcendental ( comparative more transcendental, superlative most transcendental)
    • transcendental (comparative more transcendental, superlative most transcendental)
    • transcendental (plural transcendentals)
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