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Transformation vs Transcendence - What's the difference?

transformation | transcendence |

As nouns the difference between transformation and transcendence

is that transformation is the act of transforming or the state of being transformed while transcendence is the act of surpassing usual limits.

transformation

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.
  • A marked change in appearance or character, especially one for the better.
  • (mathematics) The replacement of the variables in an algebraic expression by their values in terms of another set of variables; a mapping of one space onto another or onto itself; a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system.
  • (linguistics) A rule that systematically converts one syntactic form into another; a sentence derived by such a rule.
  • (genetics) The alteration of a bacterial cell caused by the transfer of DNA from another, especially if pathogenic.
  • (politics, South Africa) Ideologically driven government policy - becoming more conformant with socialist and African nationalist groupthink.
  • Synonyms

    * metamorphosis * transmogrification * transmutation * transfiguration

    Derived terms

    * transformational

    transcendence

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) the act of surpassing usual limits
  • (uncountable) the state of being beyond the range of normal perception
  • (uncountable) the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity
  • superior excellence; supereminence
  • * A. V. G. Allen
  • The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle.

    Antonyms

    * immanence