Transcendental Definition & Meaning

transcendental
adjective
  1. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley
  2. of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

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