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Transcendental vs Intransitive - What's the difference?

transcendental | intransitive |

As adjectives the difference between transcendental and intransitive

is that transcendental is (philosophy) concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience while intransitive is (grammar|of a verb) not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.

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

    Related terms

    * transcend * transcendence * transcendency * transcendent * transcendently

    intransitive

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (grammar, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.
    • The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often."
  • (rare) Not transitive or passing further; kept; detained.
    • And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive ; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. — Jeremy Taylor.

    Antonyms

    * transitive

    See also

    * ergative ----