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TRANSCENDENTALIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does transcendentalist mean?
• TRANSCENDENTALIST (noun)
The noun TRANSCENDENTALIST has 1 sense:
1. advocate of transcendentalism
Familiarity information: TRANSCENDENTALIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Advocate of transcendentalism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("transcendentalist" is a kind of...):
philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)
Derivation:
transcendentalism (any system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material)
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