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Transcendency

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Noun

1. transcendence, transcendency

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

2. superiority, transcendence, transcendency

the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transcendency

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adjective
1. 
exceeding or surpassing in degree or excellence
2. 
a. 
(in the philosophy of Kant) beyond or before experience; a priori
b. 
(of a concept) falling outside a given set of categories
c. 
beyond consciousness or direct apprehension
3. theology
(of God) having continuous existence outside the created world
Compare immanent (sense 2)
4. 
free from the limitations inherent in matter
noun
5. philosophy
a transcendent thing

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Transcendency

see synonyms of transcendency
adjective
1. 
transcending; surpassing; excelling; extraordinary
2.  Philosophy
a. 
beyond the limits of possible experience
b. 
in Kantianism, beyond human knowledge
3.  Theology
existing apart from the material universe
said of God see also immanent

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Transcendency

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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.
4. Being above and independent of the material universe. Used of the Deity.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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