Explore Transcendentalist through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like philosopher. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Transcendentalist meaning
- One who believes in transcendentalism.
- Any of a group of philosophers who assert that true knowledge is obtained by faculties of the mind that transcend sensory experience; those who exalt intuition above empirical knowledge and ordinary mentation. Used in modern times of some post-Kantian German philosophers, and of the school of Emerson.
Synonyms of Transcendentalist
Using Transcendentalist
- The main meaning on this page is: One who believes in transcendentalism. | Any of a group of philosophers who assert that true knowledge is obtained by faculties of the mind that transcend sensory experience; those who exalt intuition above empirical knowledge and ordinary mentation. Used in modern times of some post-Kantian German philosophers, and of the school of Emerson.
- Useful related words include: philosopher.
- In the example corpus, transcendentalist often appears in combinations such as: the transcendentalist.
Context around Transcendentalist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Transcendentalist
- In this selection, "transcendentalist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, utopian and movement stand out and add context to how "transcendentalist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include daughter of transcendentalist and educator and joined the transcendentalist utopian community. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "transcendentalist" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with transcendentalist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This artistic movement also coincided with the Transcendentalist movement in the Western world. (13 words)
Seeking a possible home for himself and Sophia, he joined the transcendentalist Utopian community at Brook Farm in 1841, not because he agreed with the experiment but because it helped him save money to marry Sophia. (36 words)
She was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abby May and the second of four daughters: Anna Bronson Alcott was the eldest; Elizabeth Sewall Alcott and Abigail May Alcott were the two youngest. (39 words)
She was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abby May and the second of four daughters: Anna Bronson Alcott was the eldest; Elizabeth Sewall Alcott and Abigail May Alcott were the two youngest. (39 words)
Seeking a possible home for himself and Sophia, he joined the transcendentalist Utopian community at Brook Farm in 1841, not because he agreed with the experiment but because it helped him save money to marry Sophia. (36 words)
This artistic movement also coincided with the Transcendentalist movement in the Western world. (13 words)
Example sentences (3)
Seeking a possible home for himself and Sophia, he joined the transcendentalist Utopian community at Brook Farm in 1841, not because he agreed with the experiment but because it helped him save money to marry Sophia.
She was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abby May and the second of four daughters: Anna Bronson Alcott was the eldest; Elizabeth Sewall Alcott and Abigail May Alcott were the two youngest.
This artistic movement also coincided with the Transcendentalist movement in the Western world.
Common combinations with transcendentalist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: