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What does transcendence mean?

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Noun
  1. (countable) The act of surpassing usual limits.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being beyond the range of normal perception.
  3. (uncountable) The state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity.
  4. Superior excellence; supereminence.
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Escape from the world into transcendence or Epicurean ataraxis were not sufficient.
This is the mythos of tragedy, combined with a glorious transcendence of conflict.
The goal of Buddhism is nirvana, a transcendence of the confines of mind and body.
But however familiar nature is, men still feel its transcendent power, along with a corresponding intimation of transcendence in themselves.
The effect was often consolatory, showing acceptance, or even transcendence in the face of death.
Fundamentalists, on the other hand, have emphasized the transcendence of God.

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