Transcendent

//tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Surpassing usual limits.

    "In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent."

  2. 2
    Supreme in excellence.

    "Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty."

  3. 3
    Beyond the range of usual perception.
  4. 4
    Free from constraints of the material world.
Adjective
  1. 1
    beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding wordnet
  2. 2
    exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence wordnet

Synonyms

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superiora cut aboveaboveabsoluteabstractaccomplished

Example

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"Often in the darkest of times, artists can be at their most transcendent."

Etymology

From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.

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