transcendent

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #35274

Meanings

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

The notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought.

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Synonyms

mystic ineffable godlike mystical supranatural otherworldly

Opposites

immanent

Word family

Related forms transcendencetranscendencytranscendentaltranscendently

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Phrases (1)

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transcendent reality
a reality thought to exist beyond ordinary human experience or understanding

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.

trānscendēns Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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