6 definitions found for transcendence

Transcendence TRANSCEND'ENCE
TRANSCEND'ENCY, n. Superior excellence; supereminence.
1. Elevation above truth; exaggeration.

transcendence n 1: a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience [syn: transcendence, transcendency] 2: the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits [syn: transcendence, transcendency, superiority]

transcendence noun Date: 1601 the quality or state of being transcendent

transcendence Transcendence is the quality of being able to go beyond normal limits or boundaries. ...the transcendence of class differences. N-UNCOUNT

Transcendence Tran*scend"ence (-ens), Transcendency Tran*scend"en*cy (-en*s[y^]), [Cf. L. transcendentia, F. transcendance.] 1. The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence. The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle. --A. V. G. Allen. 2. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. [Obs.] ``Where transcendencies are more allowed.'' --Bacon.

transcendence n. ; (also transcendency) Supereminence, superior excellence, marked superiority.