Word: transcendentalism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tran
scen
den
tal
ism
Definition: The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.
Morphemes:
Affix: transcend
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to pass beyond the limits of something.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: trans
Language: la
Decoded: trans
Meaning: over
Affix: scandere
Language: la
Decoded: scandere
Meaning: to climb
Affix: -ent
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: One that causes, promotes, or does a certain action
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ēns
Language: la
Decoded: -ens
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Ending of the present active participle of second and third conjugation verbs; ee -ns.
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.