transcendence.

1. The going beyond ordinary limits, conditions or expectations.

2. Existence beyond the experienced or material world rather than within it.

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Words that belong together

• transcendence of a limit
• aesthetic transcendence

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The essay described aesthetic transcendence as exceeding familiar categories.

Transcendence of the limit was a philosophical claim rather than a measured increase.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: institutional and conceptual change, philosophical orientation, qualification of recurrence and degree. Disciplines: academic writing, philosophy, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: moderately common.