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transcendent

adj.
C1 Advanced US //tɹænˈsɛndənt// UK //tɹænsˈɛndənt// tran·scen·dent

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.


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.

Synonyms
Origin

From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.

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