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What is the difference between perception and transcendent?

perception | transcendent |

As nouns the difference between perception and transcendent

is that perception is conscious understanding of something while transcendent is that which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.

As a adjective transcendent is

surpassing usual limits.

perception

English

(wikipedia perception)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.
  • Conscious understanding of something.
  • Vision (ability )
  • Acuity
  • (cognition ) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * perceive * percept * perceptual

    External links

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    transcendent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • surpassing usual limits
  • beyond the range of usual perception
  • free from constraints of the material world

    • Related terms

    * transcendence * transcendency * transcendental * transcendently

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
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