Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render transcendental; interpret from a transcendental point of view.
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- verb transitive To make
transcendental .
Etymologies
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transcendental + -ize
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Examples
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God is gone, a society will "transcendentalize" something else in order to appear morally and spiritually superior, like the Marxists.
CNN.com 2011
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I feel so changed now that you have shown me the light that I am going to right now transcendentalize with Dog.
Firedoglake » A Priest, a Progressive, and and A TheoCon Walk into a Bar… 2006
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Made-up citation: "Free insult: 'Your mother couldn't out-transcendentalize a paper bag!'
Wordlustitude Mark Peters 2010
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Made-up citation: "Free insult: 'Your mother couldn't out-transcendentalize a paper bag!'
Wordlustitude 2010
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