Transendental
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Adjective
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Surpassing ordinary limits of understanding or the material world, referring to principles that are abstract, spiritual, and fundamental. In intellectual contexts, it encompasses conditions that enable human experience or categories existing beyond the reach of physical sensory perception.
adi kodrati
Something that exceeds or is above natural law, often used in religious or spiritual contexts.
luar biasa
Something that exceeds normal or common limits, very special.
melampaui
To exceed or go beyond certain limits, either physically or conceptually.
metafisik
A branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of reality, existence, knowledge, and values that transcend physics or empirical experience.
supranatural
Something that is beyond the ordinary boundaries of nature or sensory experience, often associated with supernatural or divine powers.
Adiduniawi
A more poetic or theological equivalent referring to things beyond the material world.
Metafisis
Often used interchangeably in philosophical contexts regarding reality behind the physical.
Abstrak
Shares the quality of being non-physical, though transcendental emphasizes philosophical aspects more.
The term derives from Latin “transcendere” (to climb over or surpass), passing into modern European languages via forms such as “transcendentalis” and being adopted into academic vocabularies. Intellectually, the technical meaning owes much to Immanuel Kant, who employed “transzendental” to denote the conditions of possibility for knowledge and experience in the Kritik der reinen Vernunft; Kant's usage established a philosophical distinction between the technical “transcendental” and the religious sense of the “transcendent.” In mathematics and the exact sciences, the term was extended to denote “transcendental numbers,” a concept elaborated in the nineteenth century (for example, Liouville's construction of transcendental numbers and later proofs by Hermite and Lindemann regarding specific constants). In Indonesian usage, the word entered through scholarly and religious discourse and subsequently filtered into colloquial speech, often used hyperbolically to express exceptional admiration (e.g., “transendental banget”).
Acara tadi atmosfernya transendental banget, bener-bener beda.
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Definition: An interrogative phrase in krama inggil Javanese register meaning “how” or “in what manner”, used to politely inquire about the condition, state, or method of something with a high degree of respect.
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