Associations to the word «Transcendentalist»

Wiktionary

TRANSCENDENTALIST, noun. One who believes in transcendentalism.
TRANSCENDENTALIST, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

TRANSCENDENTALIST, noun. Advocate of transcendentalism.

Wise words

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle