"transcendentalist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transcendentalists [plural]
Etymology: From transcendental + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|transcendental|ist}} transcendental + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} transcendentalist (plural transcendentalists)
  1. One who believes in transcendentalism.
    Sense id: en-transcendentalist-en-noun-pV8kexVw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35
  2. Any of a group of philosophers who assert that true knowledge is obtained by faculties of the mind that transcend sensory experience; those who exalt intuition above empirical knowledge and ordinary mentation. Used in modern times of some post-Kantian German philosophers, and of the school of Emerson.
    Sense id: en-transcendentalist-en-noun-SHx8jLN1 Categories (other): Religion Disambiguation of Religion: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: transcendentalism

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