transcendence

noun

tran·​scen·​dence tran(t)-ˈsen-dən(t)s 

: the quality or state of being transcendent

Synonyms

• distinction
• dominance
• eminence
• noteworthiness
• paramountcy
• preeminence
• preponderance
• preponderancy
• prepotency
• prestigiousness
• primacy
• superiority
• supremacy

Examples of transcendence in a Sentence

makes a case for the transcendence of Louis Armstrong's contributions to the field of jazz

Recent Examples on the Web

And yet, even when the Beatles retreated to an ashram in the late ’60s seeking transcendence, most Americans still saw yoga as something for hippies and Eastern mystics. —Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025

Those rare stadium shows that achieve transcendence do it through the crowd. —Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2024

What had been a band already approaching greatness almost immediately became a band that regularly achieved creative transcendence. —George Varga, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024

But if true art is an instrument for transcendence and cognitive freedom, then artifice—art’s look-alike—is a homogenizing force that blocks off possibilities and alternate modes of being. —Donna Tartt, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing transcendence

• self-transcendence

Kids Definition

transcendence

noun

tran·​scen·​dence tran(t)s-ˈen-dən(t)s 

: the quality or state of being transcendent