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TRANSCENDENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does transcendency mean?
• TRANSCENDENCY (noun)
The noun TRANSCENDENCY has 2 senses:
1. a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
2. the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
Familiarity information: TRANSCENDENCY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
transcendence; transcendency
Hypernyms ("transcendency" is a kind of...):
being; beingness; existence; face of the earth (the state or fact of existing)
Derivation:
transcendent (beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
superiority; transcendence; transcendency
Hypernyms ("transcendency" is a kind of...):
domination; mastery; supremacy (power to dominate or defeat)
Derivation:
transcend (be superior or better than some standard)
transcendent (exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence)
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