transcendent

Adjective
Synonyms: surpassing

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellenceSynonyms: surpassing
  2. beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding“the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Transcendent \Tran*scend"ent\, a. [L. transcendens, -entis, p. pr. of transcendere to transcend: cf. F. transcendant, G. transcendent.]

1.Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor. [1913 Webster]

Clothed with transcendent brightness.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.(Kantian Philos.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect. [1913 Webster]

Transcendent \Tran*scend"ent\, n. That which surpasses or is supereminent; that which is very excellent. [1913 Webster]
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