transcendent

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  1. adjective Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme.
  2. adjective Lying beyond the ordinary range of perception: "fails to achieve a transcendent significance in suffering and squalor” (National Review).
  3. adjective Philosophy Transcending the Aristotelian categories.

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  • Or because beauty is transcendent, and those who can define it within themselves have climbed an intangible step above the masses who, like the ancient Romans, find their beauty in destruction? —  Archform: Beauty by L. E. Modessit Jr.
  • For a piece of art to qualify as transcendent, a few criteria must be met: The art must resist easy description; it must appeal to both the esthete and the plebe; and, maybe most significantly, it must be timeless. —  Home
  • The website features web videos and research on John McCain's support for the Bush agenda and his promise of more of the same., including McCain bragging about voting for the Bush agenda more than 90 percent of the time and noting that he agrees with President Bush on the transcendent issues of the day. —  The Richmond Democrat
  • The website features web videos and research on John McCain's support for the Bush agenda and his promise of more of the same, including McCain bragging about voting for the Bush agenda more than 90 percent of the time and noting that he agrees with President Bush on the transcendent issues of the day. —  News Unfiltered
  • Others teach that the world originated and exists as an emanation of the Absolute which nevertheless remains distinct and transcendent -- a view termed panentheism. —  The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - Philosophers - Plato
 

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  1. Formerly also transcendant; from Old French (and F.) transcendant =Provencal trenscendant =Spanish transcendente, trascendente =Portuguese transcendente =Italian trascendente =G. transscendent, from Latin transcenden (t-) s, present participle of transcendere, surpass, transcend: see transcend.
 

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