Definitions for transcendentalist
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1. transcendentalistnoun

   advocate of transcendentalism

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1. transcendentalistnoun

   One who believes in transcendentalism.

2. transcendentalistnoun

   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.

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1. transcendentalist

   Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in the New England region of the United States. A core belief is in the inherent goodness of people and nature, and while society and its institutions have corrupted the purity of the individual, people are at their best when truly "self-reliant" and independent. Transcendentalists saw divine experience inherent in the everyday, rather than believing in a distant heaven. Transcendentalists saw physical and spiritual phenomena as part of dynamic processes rather than discrete entities. Transcendentalism is one of the first philosophical currents that emerged in the United States; it is therefore a key early point in the history of American philosophy. Emphasizing subjective intuition over objective empiricism, its adherents believe that individuals are capable of generating completely original insights with little attention and deference to past masters. It arose as a reaction, to protest against the general state of intellectualism and spirituality at the time. The doctrine of the Unitarian church as taught at Harvard Divinity School was closely related. Transcendentalism emerged from "English and German Romanticism, the Biblical criticism of Johann Gottfried Herder and Friedrich Schleiermacher, the skepticism of David Hume", and the transcendental philosophy of Immanuel Kant and German idealism. Perry Miller and Arthur Versluis regard Emanuel Swedenborg and Jakob Böhme as pervasive influences on transcendentalism. It was also strongly influenced by Hindu texts on philosophy of the mind and spirituality, especially the Upanishads.

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1. transcendentalist

   A transcendentalist is a person, often associated with the philosophical and literary movement in the 19th century, who believes in the inherent goodness of people and nature. They emphasize subjective intuition over objective empiricism, asserting that individuals are capable of transcending their physical existence and societal constraints through free thought, self-reliance, and communion with nature. Key figures include Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.

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1. Transcendentalistnoun

   one who believes in transcendentalism

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1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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