transcendental

transcendental: I
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. transcendent, primordial, original, intuitive, intellectual, beyond grasp, unintelligible, innate, vague, obscure, fantastic.

Ant. clear*, evident, obvious.

II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[tran sen DENT ul]

beyond human experience, supernatural, spiritual. Also, excelling, surpassing.

Deep meditation brings him transcendental experiences.

SYN.:

1. supernatural spiritual, otherworldly, mystical, intangible, preternatural, metaphysical, abstract.

2. excelling surpassing, extraordinary, supreme, unsurpassed, unrivaled, unequalled, incomparable, superior.

ANT.: 1. worldly, earthly, physical, tangible. 2. common, ordinary

III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Existing only in concept and not in reality: abstract, hypothetic, hypothetical, ideal, theoretic, theoretical, transcendent. See REAL. 2. Of, coming from, or relating to forces or beings that exist outside the natural world: extramundane, extrasensory, metaphysical, miraculous, preternatural, superhuman, supernatural, superphysical, supersensible, unearthly. See SUPERNATURAL.

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Transcendental — Tran scen*den tal, a. [Cf. F. transcendantal, G. transcendental.] 1. Supereminent; surpassing others; as, transcendental being or qualities. [1913 Webster] 2. (Philos.) In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Transcendental — can refer to:In mathematics: * Transcendental number, a class of irrational numbers * Transcendental function, a class of functionsIn philosophy and religion: * Transcendence (philosophy) * Transcendental idealism, a philosophical doctrine… … Wikipedia
transcendental — TRANSCENDENTÁL, Ă, transcendentali, e, adj. (În filozofia lui Kant) Care se referă la formele apriorice ale cunoaşterii, care premerge experienţei şi o condiţionează. ♦ Care este deasupra lumii reale. – Din fr. transcendantal, lat.… … Dicționar Român
transcendental — (adj.) 1660s, from M.L. transcendentalis, from L. transcendentem (see TRANSCENDENT (Cf. transcendent)). Transcendental meditation attested by 1966 … Etymology dictionary
Transcendental — Tran scen*den tal, n. A transcendentalist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transcendental — index mysterious, obscure (abstruse), paramount, recondite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
transcendental — adj. 2 g. 1. Transcendente. 2. [Filosofia] Relativo à razão pura, anteriormente a qualquer experiência … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
transcendental — transcendent, ideal, *abstract Analogous words: *supernatural, supranatural: categorical, *ultimate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
transcendental — adj. trascendental … Diccionario de la lengua española
transcendental — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to a spiritual realm. 2) relating to or denoting Transcendentalism. DERIVATIVES transcendentally adverb … English terms dictionary
transcendental — [tran΄sen dent′ l] adj. [ML transcendentalis] 1. a) TRANSCENDENT (sense 1) b) SUPERNATURAL 2. abstract; metaphysical 3. of or having to do with transcendentalism … English World dictionary

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