Transcendental vs. Transcendent

Transcendentalnoun

(obsolete) A transcendentalist.

Transcendentalnoun

Any one of the three transcendental properties of being: truth, beauty or goodness, which respectively are the ideals of science, art and religion and the principal subjects of the study of logic, aesthetics and ethics.

Transcendentaladjective

(philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.

Transcendentaladjective

Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.

Transcendentaladjective

Mystical or supernatural.

Transcendentaladjective

Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).

Transcendentaladjective

That contains elements that are not algebraic.

Transcendentaladjective

Supereminent; surpassing others; as, transcendental being or qualities.

Transcendentaladjective

In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or become transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessary conditions of experience which, though affording the conditions of experience, transcend the sphere of that contingent knowledge which is acquired by experience.

Transcendentaladjective

Vaguely and ambitiously extravagant in speculation, imagery, or diction.

Transcendentalnoun

A transcendentalist.

Transcendentaladjective

existing outside of or not in accordance with nature;

Transcendentaladjective

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

Transcendentadjective

surpassing usual limits

Transcendentadjective

supreme in excellence

Transcendentadjective

beyond the range of usual perception

Transcendentadjective

free from constraints of the material world

Transcendentnoun

That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.

Transcendentadjective

Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor.

Transcendentadjective

Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; - applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.

Transcendentnoun

That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very excellent.

Transcendentadjective

beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding;

Transcendentadjective

exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

Transcendentadjective

beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience

Transcendentadjective

surpassing the ordinary; exceptional

Transcendentadjective

(of God) existing apart from and not subject to the limitations of the material universe.

Transcendentadjective

(in scholastic philosophy) higher than or not included in any of Aristotle's ten categories.

Transcendentadjective

(in Kantian philosophy) not realizable in experience.