transcendence

/træn'sendənsi/ Cách viết khác : (transcendence) /træn'sendəns/

Thân thiện

A person experiences a moment of transcendence while gazing at the stars.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The state of excelling, surpassing, or going beyond usual limits: "Transcendence" refers to the quality or condition of exceeding normal boundaries, constraints, or standards.
   • A state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience: In philosophy and spirituality, "transcendence" denotes existing beyond the physical, empirical world, often relating to concepts that are not limited by material reality.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The artist's work achieved a level of transcendence that moved audiences deeply. (The artist's work reached a state of surpassing usual limits that moved audiences deeply.)
  • Many spiritual traditions speak of the transcendence of the soul. (Many spiritual traditions speak of the soul's existence beyond material limits.)

Advanced Usage

• "Transcendence of self": a concept referring to going beyond one's individual ego or personal concerns.

  • Meditation can lead to a feeling of transcendence of self. (Meditation can lead to a feeling of going beyond one's individual self.)

• "To achieve transcendence": to reach a state that surpasses ordinary limits or experience.

  • The athlete felt she achieved transcendence during her record-breaking performance. (The athlete felt she reached a state of surpassing limits during her record-breaking performance.)

Variants and Related Words

• Transcendent (adj): surpassing the ordinary; exceptional; in philosophy, existing apart from and not subject to the limitations of the material universe.

  • The view from the mountain was transcendent. (The view from the mountain was exceptionally beautiful, surpassing the ordinary.)

• Transcendental (adj): in philosophy (especially Kantian), relating to a priori elements of experience that make knowledge possible; more generally, relating to a spiritual or non-physical realm.

  • He studied transcendental philosophy. (He studied philosophy concerning the a priori elements of experience.)

Synonyms

• Superiority: the state of being better than others.
• Preeminence: the fact of surpassing all others; distinction.
• Otherworldliness: the quality of seeming to belong to another, spiritual world.

Antonyms

• Immanence: the state of being within or inherent in the material world (often contrasted with transcendence in philosophy and theology).
• Ordinariness: the quality of being normal or average.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
2. a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience

Từ đồng nghĩa

• transcendency
• superiority