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Definitions for transcendence
trænˈsɛn dənstran·scen·dence

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. transcendence, transcendencynoun

    a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience

  2. transcendence, transcendency, superioritynoun

    the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits

Wiktionary

  1. transcendencenoun

    the act of surpassing usual limits

  2. transcendencenoun

    the state of being beyond the range of normal perception

  3. transcendencenoun

    the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Transcendence, Transcendencynoun

    Etymology: from transcend.

    It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man, and the security of a God: this would have done better in poesy, where transcendencies are more allowed. Francis Bacon, Essays.

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  1. transcendence

    Transcendence refers to the aspect of something that goes beyond ordinary limits, surpassing, exceeding or being independent of the material universe or human experience. It can also describe the state of being beyond comprehension, excelling or outstripping usual human experience or understanding. In religious context, it embodies the divine or supernatural aspect of a deity, existing outside of physical bounds.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Transcendence

    alt. of Transcendency

Wikidata

  1. Transcendence

    In philosophy, the adjective transcendental and the noun transcendence convey the basic ground concept from the word's literal meaning, of climbing or going beyond, albeit with varying connotations in its different historical and cultural stages. This article covers the topic from a Western and Islamic perspective by epoch: Ancient, Medieval, and modern, primarily Continental philosophy.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of transcendence in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of transcendence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of transcendence in a Sentence

  1. H.W. Mann:

    Enlightenment has nothing to do with clothing, ritual, self - hypnosis, imagination, or trans like states. Enlightenment requires understanding our true essence, understanding the true essence of God, understanding the true essence of the cosmos. Enlightenment is beyond all thought. Enlightenment can only be experienced. Enlightenment is transcendence.

  2. Dr. Viktor E Frankl:

    Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true self. He becomes so, not by concerning himself with his self's actualization, but by forgetting himself and giving himself, overlooking himself and focusing outward.

  3. Emma Straub:

    Loss befalls us all ; loss is half the human story, mostly, we experience moments of joy and transcendence a couple of seconds after they have already begun to fade, and our knowledge of such exalted states consists largely of their existence being held in memory. Adult human beings live with the certainty of grief, which deepens us and opens us to other people, who have been there, too.

  4. H.W. Mann:

    Salvation, enlightenment, transcendence, is not a destination. Nor an event in the future. The answer is within us right now. To be fully spiritually awake while in human form. To live not in, but through this body – mind. To help others do the same. This is salvation. This is Heaven on Earth

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