transcendence
pronunciation
How to pronounce transcendence in British English:
UK [træn'sendəns]
How to pronounce transcendence in American English:
US [trænˈsɛndəns]
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- Noun:
- a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
- the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
Word Origin
- transcendence (n.)
- c. 1600, from transcendent + -ence, or else from Medieval Latin transcendentia, from Latin transcendentem. Related: Transcendency.
Example
- 1. It was a book of passionate personal transcendence .
- 2. In this same direction , our need for transcendence is also depreciated .
- 3. And isn 't our individual longing for transcendence all just part of this larger human search for divinity ?
- 4. Theoretical physicist and futurist michio kaku forecasts this transcendence occurring within a mere century .
- 5. Buddhist lore has a story about the moments that followed the buddha 's transcendence into enlightenment .