Dictionary

transcendence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndəns/

Etymology

From transcend + -ence.

Meanings

1. (countable) The act of surpassing usual limits.
2. (uncountable) The state of being beyond the range of normal perception.
3. (uncountable) The state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity.
4. (countable, uncountable) Superior excellence; supereminence.
   • The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity as its controlling principle 1884, Alexander Viets Griswold Allen, The Continuity of Christian Thought:
5. (countable, uncountable) The property of being a transcendental number.

Forms

Antonyms

immanence

Deriveds

transcendence degree · hypertranscendence · supertranscendence

Relateds

transcendental · transcendently · transcendency · transcend · transcendent

Translations (44)

bg неосезаемост (the state of being beyond the range of normal perception) · ro transcendență (superior excellence; supereminence) · nl overstijging (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · fi ylimaallisuus (the state of being beyond the range of normal perception) · ja 超越 (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · fi transsendenssi (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · fi ylimaallisuus (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · hu felülemelkedés (the act of surpassing usual limits) · nl transcendentie (superior excellence; supereminence) · sv förträfflighet (superior excellence; supereminence) · nl overstijging (superior excellence; supereminence) · el υπέρβαση (the act of surpassing usual limits) · ro transcendență (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · de Transzendenz (the act of surpassing usual limits) · fr transcendance (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · de Transzendenz (the state of being beyond the range of normal perception) · fr transcendance (the act of surpassing usual limits) · nl transcendentie (the state of being beyond the range of normal perception) · nl transcendentie (the act of surpassing usual limits) · ro transcendență (the act of surpassing usual limits) · el υπέρβαση (the state of being beyond the range of normal perception) · cmn 超越 (the act of surpassing usual limits) · el υπέρβαση (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · th อุตรภาพ (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · fi transsendenssi (the state of being beyond the range of normal perception) · pt transcendência (the act of surpassing usual limits) · ru трансцендентность (the act of surpassing usual limits) · el υπεροχή (superior excellence; supereminence) · nl overstijging (the state of being beyond the range of normal perception) · fi transsendenssi (the act of surpassing usual limits) · fr transcendance (the state of being beyond the range of normal perception) · he טרנסצנדנטיות (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · ro preeminență (superior excellence; supereminence) · de Transzendenz (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · bg превъзходство (superior excellence; supereminence) · sv överlägsenhet (superior excellence; supereminence) · nl transcendentie (the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity) · de Transzendenz (superior excellence; supereminence) · ro transcendență (the state of being beyond the range of normal perception) · sv transcendens (the state of being beyond the range of normal perception) · fr transcendance (superior excellence; supereminence) · es transcendencia (the act of surpassing usual limits) · fi etevämmyys (superior excellence; supereminence) · nl overstijging (the act of surpassing usual limits)