Main Entry: tran·scen·den·tal·ism

Pronunciation: \-tə-ˌli-zəm\

Function: noun

Date: 1803

1 : a philosophy that emphasizes the a priori conditions of knowledge and experience or the unknowable character of ultimate reality or that emphasizes the transcendent as the fundamental reality
2 : a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental over the material and empirical
3 : the quality or state of being transcendental; especially : visionary idealism

— tran·scen·den·tal·ist \-tə-list\ adjective or noun