Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transcendentalist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: tran-scen-den-tal-ist
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who believes in transcendentalism.

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"“I accept the universe” is reported to have been a favorite utterance of our New England transcendentalist, Margaret Fuller; and when some one repeated this phrase to Thomas Carlyle, his sardonic comment is said to have been: “Gad! she'd better!”"

Etymology

Etymology tree English transcendental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English transcendentalist From transcendental + -ist.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

transcendentalists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

transcendentalism

Synonyms

transcendental

Questions

What does transcendentalist mean?: One who believes in transcendentalism.
Where does transcendentalist come from?: Etymology tree English transcendental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English transcendentalist From transcendental + -ist.

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