Transcendent
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Transcendent is an adjective meaning Surpassing usual limits.
Meaning
Surpassing usual limits.
More Meanings
- Supreme in excellence.
- Beyond the range of usual perception.
- Free from constraints of the material world.
- That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
Example Sentences
Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty.
"One shot. Wars can't be won with just one... oh. Oh my. You utterly transcendent idiots should not have put a transponder there."
In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent.
Word Forms
- transcendents
Synonyms for transcendent
Depending on context, synonyms include unknowable, surpassing, superior.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include superior, surpassing, unknowable, transcendental, epochal, momentous.
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