Transcendental

[Sarah]

In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can bedetermined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of allhuman knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcendsempiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or becometranscendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessaryconditions of experience which, though affording the conditions ofexperience, transcend the sphere of that contingent knowledge whichis acquired by experience.

[Sarah]

Although previously taken as a way of thinking in the 1800's, especially by people such as Thoreau, the modern way of perceiving the word transcendental can be redefined.

Someone is transcendental when he/she is a freaking boss/beast/pro. Someone who transcends is someone who can go beyond even the highest level of skill.

[Sarah]

The characteristic of meaning derived from real.

A school of thought in the 1830s based on the idea of finding (greater) meaning in everyday objects. That meaning transcends the object itself. For instance Henry David Thoreau might write poetry about grass growing, but the meaning of the poem transcends from real to abstract, and in that way is transcendental.

Therefore anything that is abstract, but derives its meaning from real (tangible objects, ideas, or experiences) is transcendental.

[Julian]

A transcendental experience, event, object, or idea is extremely special and unusual and cannot be understood in ordinary ways:

[Cami]

Relating to a spiritual or nonphysical realm.