Word: transcendentalism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: tran
scen
den
tal
ism
Definition: A philosophy which holds that reasoning is key to understanding reality (associated with Kant); philosophy which stresses intuition and spirituality (associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson); transcendental character or quality.
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 the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder ( ).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.