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Transcendental vs Corporeal - What's the difference?

transcendental | corporeal |

As adjectives the difference between transcendental and corporeal

is that transcendental is (philosophy) concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience while corporeal is material; tangible; physical.

As a noun transcendental

is (obsolete) a transcendentalist.

transcendental

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A transcendentalist.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
  • Superior, surpassing all others.
  • Extraordinary.
  • Mystical or supernatural.
  • (mathematics, number theory) Of, or relating to a number that is not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients.
  • Antonyms

    * (mathematics) algebraic

    Hypernyms

    * (mathematics) irrational

    Derived terms

    * transcendental ego * transcendental function * transcendentalize * transcendental meditation * transcendental number * transcendentalism

    corporeal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Material; tangible; physical.
  • His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. - Milton
  • Of or pertaining to the body; bodily.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=2000 , author=Margaret Atwood , title=The Blind Assassin , passage=She is always diagnosing me. My corporeal health is of almost as much interest to her as my spiritual health: she is especially proprietary about my bowels.}}
  • (archaic) Corporal.
  • Synonyms

    * (of the body) bodily, corporal

    Antonyms

    * ethereal * incorporeal * insubstantial * intangible * spiritual

    Derived terms

    * corporeality

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