- 1. a. Supereminent; surpassing others; as, transcendental being or qualities. Source: opted
- 2. a. In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or become transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessary conditions of experience which, though affording the conditions of experience, transcend the sphere of that contingent knowledge which is acquired by experience. Source: opted
- 3. a. Vaguely and ambitiously extravagant in speculation, imagery, or diction. Source: opted
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