transcendence

Definition of Transcendence in English :

1. transcendence, transcendency

a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience

the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transcendence

adj.

1. Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme.

2. Lying beyond the ordinary range of perception: "fails to achieve a transcendent significance in suffering and squalor" (National Review).

3. Philosophy

a. Transcending the Aristotelian categories.

b. In Kant's theory of knowledge, being beyond the limits of experience and hence unknowable.