transcendentalism
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transcendentalism/transɛnˈdɛnt(ə)lɪz(ə)m/
▶noun
- 1 (Transcendentalism) a 19th-century idealistic philosophical and social movement which taught that divinity pervades all nature and humanity.
- 2 a system developed by Immanuel Kant, based on the idea that, in order to understand the nature of reality, one must first analyse the reasoning process which governs the nature of experience.
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transcendentalist noun & adjective.
transcendentalist noun & adjective.
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