As adjectives the difference between transcendental and liminal
is that transcendental is (philosophy) concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience while liminal is of or pertaining to a threshold or entrance.
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
liminal
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Of or pertaining to a threshold or entrance.
Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process; inceptive; inchoative; marginal.
Quotations
* 1888 , , Outlines of psychology , p. 114:
*: Every stimulus must reach a certain intensity before any appreciable sensation results. This point is known as the threshold or liminal intensity.
* 1999 , Sarah Iles Johnston, Restless Dead , p. 209:
*: Second, spaces such as the threshold of a door are “liminal ,” lying between otherwise defined areas without belonging to either of them.
Derived terms
* liminality
* liminary
* subliminal
* superliminal
Related terms
* limit
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