transcendentalism

Definition of Transcendentalism in English :

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Noun

1. transcendental philosophy, transcendentalism

any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

transcendental philosophy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Transcendentalism

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noun

1.

a.

any system of philosophy, esp that of Kant, holding that the key to knowledge of the nature of reality lies in the critical examination of the processes of reason on which depends the nature of experience

b.

any system of philosophy, esp that of Emerson, that emphasizes intuition as a means to knowledge or the importance of the search for the divine

2.

vague philosophical speculation

3.

the state of being transcendental

4.

something, such as thought or language, that is transcendental

Transcendentalism

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noun

1.

any of various philosophies that propose to discover the nature of reality by investigating the process of thought rather than the objects of sense experience: the philosophies of Kant, Hegel, and Fichte are examples of transcendentalism

2. US; [often T-]

by extension, the philosophical ideas of Emerson and some other 19th-cent. New Englanders, based on a search for reality through spiritual intuition

3. Popularly

any obscure, visionary, or idealistic thought

Transcendentalism

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n.

1. often Transcendentalism A literary and philosophical movement arising in 19th-century New England, associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller and asserting the existence of an ideal spiritual reality that transcends empirical and scientific reality and is knowable through intuition.

2. The quality or state of being transcendental.

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