Word
transcendent
Phoneticstran·scen·dent
US/tɹænˈsɛndənt/
UK/tɹænsˈɛndənt/
Definition
adj. so great or beautiful that it feels like it exists beyond normal limits. You use this to describe something that is much better than anything else.
adj. exceeding the ordinary or common; surpassing all limits. Often used to describe experiences or qualities that feel spiritual or beyond the physical world.
Examples
“The view from the mountain peak was transcendent.”
“The performance was transcendent, leaving the audience in a state of quiet awe long after the final note.”
“In many philosophical traditions, the pursuit of knowledge is seen as a transcendent journey that eventually leads to a union with the divine or the absolute.”
Examples
simple
“The view from the mountain peak was transcendent.”
contextual
“The performance was transcendent, leaving the audience in a state of quiet awe long after the final note.”
complex
“In many philosophical traditions, the pursuit of knowledge is seen as a transcendent journey that eventually leads to a union with the divine or the absolute.”
Real-World Examples
“He grins: “It’s about being loudly visible.”
It’s fitting, then, that P★KI opens with Elley’s edit of transcendent qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, arguably the greatest icon of Pakistani music.” “I'm aware this was a boringly predictable location in which to feel the spine-shiver of something beyond words (transcendent?” Etymology
From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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