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transcendent

tran·scen·dent [ tran séndənt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. better: superior in quality or achievement

2. philosophy beyond limits of experience: in Kant's philosophical system, exceeding the limits of experience and therefore unknowable except hypothetically

3. philosophy beyond categories: above or outside all known categories

4. religion independent of world: existing outside the material universe and so not limited by it


tran·scen·dence noun
tran·scen·dent noun
tran·scen·dent·ly adverb
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