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Noun Plural: transcendentalisms
transcendentalism - any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
		transcendental philosophy
		philosophy any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"

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transcendentalism (Noun)
The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.
transcendentalism (Noun)
Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.
transcendentalism (Noun)
A philosophy which holds that reasoning is key to understanding reality associated with Kant; philosophy which stresses intuition and spirituality associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson; transcendental character or quality.
transcendentalism (Noun)
A movement of writers and philosophers in New England in the 19th century who were loosely bound together by adherence to an idealistic system of thought based on a belief in the essential supremacy of insight over logic and experience for the revelation of the deepest truths.

transcendentalism (n.)
The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.
transcendentalism (n.)
Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.